Validation and further development of a risk assessment instrument for child welfare

Annemiek Vial, Claudia van der Put, Geert Jan J. M. Stams, Marc Dinkgreve, Mark Assink - Child Abuse & Neglect

The aim of this article is to examine (1) the predictive validity of a risk assessment instrument that has been widely implemented in the Netherlands, and to examine (2) whether the actuarial risk estimation could be improved and simplified to widen the instrument’s applicability to different organizations serving different populations.

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‘It's not fair’: Custodial grandparents' access to services and supports in Australia

Christina Fernandes, Barbara Blundell, Rebecca J. Moran, Jessica M. Gilbert, Mark Liddiard - Child & Family Social Work

Drawing on a mixed method study of grandparent carers and service providers located in Western Australia, the authors of this article argue that there are important issues of inequity and injustice associated with being a grandcarer, in particular due to systemic and discursive failures to recognize the complexity and challenges of care provision.

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Children’s participation and agency in Italian residential care for children: Adult-child interactions at dinnertime

Marzia Saglietti & Cristina Zucchermaglio - European Journal of Psychology of Education

This paper analyzes the impact of adults’ interactive moves and strategies on children’s participation and agency at dinnertime in two Italian residential care facilities, one of the most widely used alternative care life-context for children and youth coming from vulnerable families.

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Data-informed recommendations for faith communities desiring to support vulnerable children and families during the COVID-19 pandemic

Nicole Gilbertson Wilke & Amanda Hiles Howard - Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought

The current study provides data-informed recommendations for faith communities to support vulnerable families during the pandemic.

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Foster Kinship Navigator Program: A Two Study Mixed-Method Evaluation Project

Dr. Mark S. Preston - Preston Management and Organizational Consulting

This qualitative evaluation was to determine the level of fidelity of Clark County Nevada’s Foster Kinship navigator program to its navigator program manual and to ascertain if Foster Kinship’s navigator program for formal kinship families met the minimum standard for promising practice.

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Proximal outcomes of Connecting, an evidence-based, family-focused prevention program for caregivers of adolescents in foster care

Kevin P. Haggerty, Susan E. Barkan, Martie L. Skinner, Koren Hanson - Children and Youth Services Review

This study experimentally tested proximal outcomes of Connecting, a low-cost, self-directed, family-based substance-use prevention program for foster families.

Case Studies of Programmes to Promote and Protect Nurturing Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Kristy Hackett, Kerrie Proulx, Carina Omoeva - FHI360 and Lego Foundation

This Case Study Report, prepared in partnership with World Health Organization (WHO) and the LEGO Foundation, describes the implementation experiences and emerging lessons of COVID-19 response strategies of seven programmes that prioritize nurturing care and early childhood development (ECD) in their work.

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Co-Reporting of Child Maltreatment and Intimate Partner Violence: The Likelihood of Substantiations and Foster Care Placements

Rebecca Rebbe, Andrea Lane Eastman, Avanti Adhia, Regan Foust, Emily Putnam-Hornstein - Child Maltreatment

The current study used population-based administrative records from California to assess how CPS responds to reported allegations of IPV, with and without physical abuse and/or neglect allegations.

Grabación de Seminario de Web: Transforming Children's Care Seminario #2 - Guía en Gasto Público

Transforming Children's Care Global Collaborative Platform

Este seminario web es el segundo de una serie de la Plataforma de colaboración global Transforming Children's Care. En el seminario web, Philip Goldman de Maestral International presentó una nueva guía sobre gasto público y cuidado de los niños producida por Changing the Way We Care, que está diseñada para fortalecer la capacidad de las agencias gubernamentales en países de bajos recursos para preparar un marco presupuestario sólido.

Transforming Children's Care Webinar #2 - Guidance on Public Expenditure

Transforming Children's Care Global Collaborative Platform

This webinar is the second in a series for the Transforming Children's Care Global Collaborative Platform. In the webinar, Philip Goldman from Maestral International presented new guidance on Public Expenditure and Children’s Care produced by Changing the Way We Care, which is designed to strengthen the capacity of government agencies in low resource settings to prepare a sound budgetary framework.

Webinar Recording - Child protection and philanthropy: join the conversation

UBS Optimus Foundation

The conversation of this webinar focused on the root causes of why there are millions of children globally growing outside of families, and discussed some of the proven ways of strengthening families and communities to provide a safe and nurturing environment for the world’s most at risk and vulnerable children.