Prevention: Implementing Evidence-Based Programs
This episode of the Child Welfare Information Gateway podcast is part of a series focusing on Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP) grantees.
Military Detention of Children in Armed Conflict: The Role of Handover Protocols in Protecting Children's Rights
In this joint policy note, Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict and Human Rights Watch highlight the increasingly worrying trend of military detention of children affected by armed conflict, a trend documented in at least 15 countries affected by armed conflict.
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Child Protection in Conflict Settings E-course
This mid-level online course is designed to help participants' develop knowledge of good practice in child protection, with a particular focus on conflict settings.
Children looked after in England including adoption: 2018 to 2019
This report reviews information on looked-after children in the UK at both national and local authority levels for the financial year 2018 to 2019.
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Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPMS) E-course
This training is designed to increase participants' knowledge of the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (CPMS).
Sibling Child Protective Services Involvement Following a Child Maltreatment Fatality
This study examined child protective service (CPS) involvement of children surviving the child maltreatment fatality (CMF) of a sibling as well as predictors of subsequent CPS reports.
Scaling Up Housing Services Within the Child Welfare System: Policy Insights From Simulation Modeling
The present study uses system dynamics modeling to inform decision-making by testing policies for scaling the Family Unification Program (FUP), a U.S. federal initiative connecting inadequately housed families involved in child welfare with long-term rental subsidies to avoid foster placement.
The Cumulative Prevalence of Termination of Parental Rights for U.S. Children, 2000–2016
This study synthetic cohort life tables and data from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System to generate the first cumulative prevalence estimates of termination of parental rights.
Early childhood deprivation is associated with alterations in adult brain structure despite subsequent environmental enrichment
To investigate the impact of childhood deprivation on the adult brain and the extent to which structural changes underpin these effects, the authors of this study from PNAS utilized MRI data collected from young adults who were exposed to severe deprivation in early childhood in the Romanian orphanages of the Ceaușescu era and then, subsequently adopted by UK families.
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