Clinico-Epidemiological Profile of Children Orphaned due to AIDS Residing in Care Giving Institutions in Coastal South India

Rekha Thapar, et al - AIDS Research and Treatment

In this cross-sectional study 86 children orphaned by AIDS residing in care giving institutions for HIV positive children in Mangalore were assessed for their clinico-epidemiological profile and nutritional status.

In-Depth Case Studies of Authentic Youth Engagement in Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative Sites

Amy M. Salazar, Rachel Peterson, Sara Spiers, Garrett Jenkins Adrian Tucker Abigail Bambilla - Washington State University Vancouver

The purpose of this study is to synthesize and share the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative’s approach to youth engagement. The study’s findings communicate how authentically engaging youth can help both the Jim Casey Initiative and youth-serving systems achieve their desired results.

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Family Resource Centers: Vehicles for Change

The California Family Resource Center Learning Circle

The purpose of this document is to define the key characteristics and activities of quality family resource centers, describe how they function as a vehicle for change for families and communities, and help policymakers and funders “make the case” for the family resource center approach to providing family support services.

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Do place-based programs, such as Family Resource Centers, reduce risk of child maltreatment and entry into foster care?

Casey Family Programs

This issue brief describes family resource centers, their defining characteristics, and what is known about their effectiveness in reducing child welfare involvement. The brief also discusses return on investment and what is missing from the research literature.

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Using family network data in child protection services

Alex James,Jeanette McLeod, Shaun Hendy, Kip Marks, Delia Rusu, Syen Nik, Michael J. Plank - PLoS ONE

In this study, the authors analyse a child protection services dataset that includes a network of approximately 5 million social relationships collected by social workers between 1996 and 2016 in New Zealand to test the potential of information about family networks to improve accuracy of models used to predict the risk of child maltreatment.

Standard 2 - Multidisciplinary & Interagency Collaboration: Interagency Agreement Template and Guidance

Olivia Lind Haldorsson - Council of the Baltic Sea States Secretariat and Child Circle

This document offers inspiration and guidance for drafting an interagency agreement which formalises multidisciplinary and interagency (MDIA) team collaboration between agencies involved in Barnahus (a child-friendly, interdisciplinary and multi-agency centre for child victims and witnesses where children could be interviewed and medically examined for forensic purposes, comprehensively assessed and receive all relevant therapeutic services from appropriate professionals).

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Webinar Recording: Lessons from LEAP

Annie E. Casey Foundation

On Sept. 19, the Casey Foundation hosted a webinar sharing data and lessons from the first phase of Learn and Earn to Achieve Potential (LEAP)™, an effort to boost employment and educational opportunities for young people ages 15 to 25 who’ve experienced homelessness or been involved with public systems.

Phase 9 Florida Title IV-E Waiver Demonstration Evaluation Final Report (10/2013-09/2018)

Mary I. Armstrong, et al - Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida

This report presents findings from an implementation analysis aimed at describing implementation of the U.S. state of Florida Title IV-E Demonstration Project, which allowed the state to use certain federal funds more flexibly, for services other than room and board expenses for children served in out-of-home care.

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Perceptions of Alumni of Child Welfare Regarding Supports Related to Their Development towards Well-being: A Qualitative Case Study

Collins, Tanya L - Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

The purpose of this study was to gain insights into the perspectives of child welfare alumni related to the educational experiences that facilitated or presented obstacles to academic and social-emotional resilience and well-being and to what extent.

Characteristics of successful foster families according to Flemish foster care workers

Frank Van Holen, Lynn Geys, Delphine West, Laura Gypen, Johan Vanderfaeillie - Children and Youth Services Review

In this study, a sample of 97 (out of 505) foster care workers in Flanders (Dutch speaking part of Belgium) from all foster care agencies were asked to answer in writing the question: “What characteristics does a successful foster family have?”

(Re)Displaying Family: Relational Agency of Care-experienced Young People Embarking on Parenthood

Caroline Cresswell - Families in Motion: Ebbing and Flowing through Space and Time

This chapter from 'Families in Motion: Ebbing and Flowing through Space and Time' explores an overlooked theme across the literature: capturing the experience of childhood family disruption and transitional flux between foster family homes and the independent sensemaking into the present of young care-experienced parents.