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Explores how Catawba County, North Carolina, implemented the Reach for Success outreach program. Enables sites to determine if the outreach intervention would work for their jurisdiction and prepare for implementation.

Discusses the evolution of kinship care arrangements for foster children, highlighting changes in legislation and practices over time.

Delves into the deficiencience in the fundamental needs of custodial grandparent-headed households.

Provides a summary of the research related to the TBRI® model.

Highlights the importance of respite services for adoptive parents. Respite provides essential breaks for caregivers, especially those who have adopted children with high levels of care, helping to support family stability and well-being. This article discusses how adoptive families need case management, support groups, educational resources and therapeutic counseling to help them navigate the complexities of adoption.

Synthesizes current research about child, family, and agency risk factors that contribute to discontinuity in adoption.

Helps child welfare caseworkers improve their skills to better work with adoptive and foster families. Also helps caseworkers recognize and understand children who have experienced trauma.

Includes a series of articles that describe a process for delivering trauma screening, functional and clinical assessment, evidence-based interventions, and the use of progress monitoring in order to better achieve well-being outcomes.

Discusses the impact of secondary traumatic stress (STS) on child welfare workers affecting both individuals and agencies. This article provides examples of programs implemented by Nebraska and Ohio to help manage STS. This article also provides coping strategies for child welfare professionals.

Discusses the personal, professional, and organizational impacts of secondary traumatic stress on tribal child welfare workers and the unique resiliency factors present in tribal communities. Shares traditional practices and western methodologies that support resiliency and mitigate the impacts of secondary traumatic stress.