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Professionals at all levels can find something relevant for themselves, whether it’s a new program idea, a funding strategy for administrators, a tip about staff development for managers and supervisors, or advice for direct-service providers serving diverse families.

The National Center for Enhanced Post-Adoption Support has established a library consisting of hundreds of articles, guides, webinars, videos and other resources — carefully curated and reviewed — to help child welfare professionals enhance the support that they provide to families that have achieved permanency through adoption or guardianship.

Post-Permanency Model Program Manual

The Post-Permanency Model Program Manual outlines recommendations for a coordinated program offering eight services for adoptive and guardianship families who are parenting children/youth who have more serious needs.

Post-Permanency Profiles

The Post-Permanency Profiles highlights each states post-permanency program. The profiles are designed to assist child welfare professionals learn about the supports provided to adoptive and guardianship families across the nation.

Program Catalog

The Catalog contains over 100 programs and interventions that are being used or could be adapted to work with children and families who have obtained permanence through adoption or guardianship.

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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.
Guide/Report

Child Welfare: Better Data and Guidance Could Help States Reinvest Adoption Savings and Improve Federal Oversight

Examines (1) the extent to which states are reinvesting their adoption savings, (2) how the Children’s Bureau monitors these reinvestments, and (3) any challenges states face in reinvesting savings and what guidance the Children’s Bureau provides. This report analyzed state adoption savings and spending for fiscal years 2015 through 2019.
Article

Child Welfare: Purposes, Federal Programs, and Funding

Provides an overview of the U.S. child welfare system, detailing it’s core purposes, federal programs, and funding mechanisms. This article outlines key federal programs such as Title IV-E, Title IV-B, the Chafee Program, and CAPTA and breaks down their funding levels and functions. It also highlights recent legislative updates and spending data, emphasizing the collaborative role of federal, state, and local entities in promoting child safety, permanency and well-being.
Article

Child Welfare: States’ Use of TANF and Other Major Federal Funding Sources

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.
Video

Child Welfare’s Responsibility to Promote Child and Family Well-Being Post-Permanency: The Need to Create a Robust Permanency Continuum Framework

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.
Brief/Tipsheet

Childhood Adversity Screenings Are Just One Part of an Effective Policy Response to Childhood Trauma

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.
Research/Lit. Review

Children Adopted from Foster Care: Adoption Agreements, Adoption Subsidies, and Other Post-Adoption Supports

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.
Article

Children Exposed to Maltreatment: Assessment and the Role of Psychotropic Medication

Offers an overview of key issues facing children who have experienced maltreatment plus guidance on the assessment and treatment of related mental health conditions with a particular focus on the appropriate use of psychotropic medication.
Webinar

Collaboration for Grandfamilies & Kinship Support

Provides an overview of collaboration, what it is, why to collaborate, and how it can be successfully accomplished. Viewers will learn several building blocks for developing collaborative service approaches and learn about options for implementing, managing and evaluating collaborative efforts.
Tool/Toolkit

Community Tool Box:  Developing a Logic Model or Theory of Change

Offers detailed information about why and how to create a logic model, including the benefits, when to use one, and how to link activities and their effects.
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