Kinship carers' experiences during the coronavirus crisis

Kirsty Deacon - CELCIS

A survey was administered to develop a better understanding of the experiences of kinship care households in the UK as a result of the Coronavirus crisis, and what urgent steps could be taken by Government, local authorities and other agencies to help. This supplementary report provides an in-depth analysis of the kinship carers in Scotland and provides the legal context to influence national and local kinship care policies, practices and services of local authorities and other public agencies.

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Youth Thrive: Our Story (So Far)

Francie Zimmerman - Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP)

This report describes efforts through 2019 by the Center for the Study of Social Policy's Youth Thrive initiative to increase opportunities so that all youth have the chance to thrive.

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Hope in the Time of Chaos: CHOC Children’s Strengthened Response to COVID-19 through DULCE

Center for the Study of Social Policy

This brief demonstrates the power of Developmental Understanding and Legal Collaboration for Everyone (DULCE) - a universal, evidence-based pediatric care innovation that addresses the social determinants of health and supports early relational health for families with infants from birth to six months - in addressing the critical concrete needs of families with newborns during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Equity in Action: DULCE Addresses the Health and Emotional Needs of Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Center for the Study of Social Policy

This brief summarizes the response and value of the Developmental Understanding and Legal Collaboration for Everyone (DULCE) approach during the first four months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the essential elements of the model that support its strength, and lessons learned.

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How COVID-19 Is Placing Vulnerable Children at Risk and Why We Need a Different Approach to Child Welfare

Todd I. Herrenkohl, Debbie Scott, Daryl J. Higgins, J. Bart Klika, Bob Lonne - Child Maltreatment

In this commentary, the authors explain how current circumstances reinforce the need for systemic change within statutory child welfare systems and the benefits that would accrue by implementing a continuum of services that combine universal supports with early intervention strategies.

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Parents organizing a grassroots movement to reform child welfare

David Tobis - The Routledge Handbook of Critical Social Work

This chapter of the Routledge Handbook of Critical Social Work, written by David Tobis, examines an inspiring story of dramatic change in New York’s child welfare system and how parents whose children were in foster care contributed to those changes. It demonstrates how grassroots activism can be suggestive for critical social work.

What Parents Say…Issue Briefs

The Children’s Trust Fund Alliance and Birth Parent National Network

The Children’s Trust Fund Alliance joined with a group of parents from the BPNN to produce these issue briefs. They include the perspectives of parents with life experiences in using services to strengthen their families and focus on timely and important topics.