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Building an Adoption Competent Workforce: A Review of the National Adoption Competency Mental Health Training Initiative

Explains the need for adoption-competent services and presents the findings of a study of the NTI training, which saw significant increases in participants’ knowledge gains across the modules.
Article

Building an LGBTQ-Affirming Practice

Provides suggestions for ensuring practices are LGBTQ+ friendly. Is designed for social workers but applies to other services as well.
Article

Building Resilience: Supporting Grandfamilies’s Mental Health and Wellness

Emphasizes the mental health and emotional well-being of grandfamilies, bringing attention to mental health challenges prevalent in children, caregivers and birth parents pre- and post-permanency. This report provides innovative solutions and resources to strengthen support for these families while offering policy and program recommendations for child welfare professionals.
Curriculum

Caring for Children Who Have Experienced Trauma: A Workshop for Resource Parents

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.
Article

Catawba County, North Carolina: Reach for Success

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.
Article

Chapter 5 of Support Matters: Lessons From the Field on Services for Adoptive, Foster, and Kinship Care Families

Provides information about various funding streams that jurisdictions are using to fund support services for adoptive, foster, and kinship families. (see pages 285–289)
Brief/Tipsheet

Child Maltreatment and Brain Development: A Primer for Child Welfare Professionals

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.
Infographic

Child Welfare Can Address Burnout

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

Child Welfare Financing Survey SFY2020 Web Page

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.
Guide/Report

Child Welfare Financing Survey SFY2020: A Survey of Federal, State, and Local Expenditures

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.
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