Resource Library

Helps agencies offer a 12- to 16-hour curriculum designed to help caregivers understand trauma and its effects, see behaviors as symptoms of trauma, and learn how best to respond to children who have experienced trauma. Offers practical ideas to enable parents and caregivers to become trauma-informed and trauma-responsive—and thus to help children and youth heal and thrive.

Provides an overview of how Catawba County planned to implement Reach for Success, which is a structured early-outreach program designed to identify adoptive families who might be at higher risk for post-permanency discontinuity and may benefit from Success Coach post-adoption services.

Provides introductory information on brain development and how it may be affected by abuse and neglect, including the resulting emotional, mental, and behavioral impacts. Describes the implications and considerations for child welfare practice, such as prevention; early intervention; and working with caregivers, including parents, kin caregivers, foster parents, and others.

Describes causes of burnout and offer tips for leaders to help reduce the risks for their staff.

Provides numerous resources related to Child Trends’ 12th edition of its national survey of child welfare agency expenditures. Includes a detailed report, as well as an executive summary and state-level data, plus deeper dives into each funding stream.

Provides a detailed report on the results of Child Trends’ 12th edition of its national survey of child welfare agency expenditures. Presents accurate, up-to-date information on states’ financing, and on the financing-related challenges and opportunities that agencies face in serving children and families.

Examines how states use federal funding-including Title IV-E, Title IV-B and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)-to support child welfare programs. It highlights the significant financial contributions from these sources. It also discusses the variations in state spending, eligibility criteria for assistance, and challenges in effectively using funds to provide consistent, long-term support for families.

Provides and overview of the Quality Improvement Center on Adoption and Guardianship and explains the permanency continuum framework. Viewers will hear from New Jersey and Vermont as they discuss the implementation of QIC AG interventions in their state.

Provides cautions related to simply assessing children for adverse experiences. Presents recommended strategies for addressing childhood adversity, including that screenings be just one component of a comprehensive, trauma-informed, strengths-based approach to addressing childhood adversity.

Presents information on post-adoption supports and services including adoption subsidy payments and Medicaid coverage and other services such as support groups for parents and children.