This secondary instrument looked at multiple child welfare factors, including: history of child maltreatment, child
welfare system involvement, and out - of - home placement, as well as potential protective factors, as reported by the youth who were interviewed.
In regard to child
welfare system involvement, Barth and colleagues (2001) have suggested that the overrepresentation of African - American children may be due to their increased need for child welfare services due to the many poverty - related risk factors that they experience, such as substance abuse, mental health problems, and academic underachievement.
Not exact matches
Involvement of the provinces and territories in the inquiry is essential in order to ensure more coordinated responses to violence and to address the root causes of Indigenous women's marginalization within
systems and institutions that fall under both federal and provincial / territorial responsibility (such as child
welfare, policing, criminal justice, housing, social assistance, and many others).
Family Handbook, Kansas (PDF - 401 KB) Family Partners of the Family Centered
Systems of Care — Family Advisory Council and Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, Children and Family Services Helps families understand what may happen during their
involvement with the child
welfare system, provides information so they can be prepared, and describes available resources and steps to take.
Electronic copies of products developed by the National Technical Assistance and Evaluation Center for
Systems of Care including: evaluation reports; a Policy Action Guide with fillable forms in PDF and Word; short action briefs on family
involvement, establishing partnerships in child
welfare, gaining staff buy - in, and leadership development; and infrastructure toolkits on various topics around implementing a
System of Care.
Building Agency Capacity for Family
Involvement in Child
Welfare (PDF - 553 KB) Action Brief National Technical Assistance and Evaluation Center for
Systems of Care, 2011 Draws from evaluation findings to present action steps and strategies for preparing a child
welfare agency and its staff to engage families effectively.
Building Family Capacity For Family
Involvement in Child Welfare (PDF - 449 KB) Action Brief National Technical Assistance and Evaluation Center for Systems of Care, 2011 Describes steps and strategies that child welfare agencies can use to engage and support family members and build their capacity for meaningful family i
Involvement in Child
Welfare (PDF - 449 KB) Action Brief National Technical Assistance and Evaluation Center for
Systems of Care, 2011 Describes steps and strategies that child
welfare agencies can use to engage and support family members and build their capacity for meaningful family
involvementinvolvement.
Family
Involvement: Supporting Kin Caregivers (WMV - 88 MB) March 10, 2011 This webinar provided an overview of the implementation and outcomes of a Kinship Liaison Program designed to pro-actively engage and support kin - caregivers to increase the permanency of children in the child
welfare system.
The structure should provide opportunities and incentives for multiple
systems — including health, mental health, education, employment and income support, and justice as well as child
welfare — to collaborate on behalf of children before, during, and after their
involvement with foster care.
Welfare reform has disrupted Medicaid benefits for millions of children who need treatment.97, 98 Medicaid enables many youth to receive psychiatric treatment.99 Many parents who left
welfare to go to work found their new jobs did not provide insurance or, when available, they could not afford copayments.100, 101 The State Children's Health Insurance Program, designed to offset the loss of Medicaid, did not fulfill its intended purpose.98, 102 Moreover,
welfare reform has not substantially decreased poverty103; many poor children have become even poorer.104 Poor children are vulnerable to poor outcomes, 105 including
involvement with the juvenile justice
system.
Savings were primarily in four areas: increased tax revenues associated with maternal employment, lower use of public
welfare assistance, reduced spending for health and other services, and decreased criminal justice
system involvement.
Utilizes methods of grounded theory to explore how shame impacts mothers with substance abuse disorder (SUD) and their
involvement with the child
welfare system.
Finally, the close parallel relationship between experiences such as child maltreatment and
involvement in the child
welfare systems can make it difficult to disentangle the significance of each exposure.
Shame, and the Way it Impacts the Relationship Between Mothers with Substance Abuse Disorder and Child
welfare Social Workers (PDF - 403 KB) Norris (2011) California State University, Fresno, School of Health and Social Work Utilizes methods of grounded theory to explore how shame impacts mothers with substance abuse disorder (SUD) and their
involvement with the child
welfare system.
Help parents understand the impact of past trauma, while holding them accountable for their
involvement in the child
welfare system.
Describes detailed trauma histories, mental health problems, and associated risk factors (i.e., academic problems, substance / alcohol use, and concurrent child
welfare involvement) among adolescents with recent
involvement in the juvenile justice
system.
Effective family engagement occurs when child
welfare practitioners actively collaborate and partner with family members throughout their
involvement with the child
welfare system, recognizing them as the experts on their respective situations and empowering them in the process.
Recent studies highlight the potential benefits of father
involvement for the safety and well - being of children involved with the child
welfare system.
Family
Involvement in the Improving Child Welfare Outcomes Through Systems of Care Initiative Describes the planning process and implementation of family involvement at the case, peer, and systems levels, and identifies lessons learned and recommendations to enhance implementation of future family involvement efforts in chi
Involvement in the Improving Child
Welfare Outcomes Through
Systems of Care Initiative Describes the planning process and implementation of family involvement at the case, peer, and systems levels, and identifies lessons learned and recommendations to enhance implementation of future family involvement efforts in child w
Systems of Care Initiative Describes the planning process and implementation of family
involvement at the case, peer, and systems levels, and identifies lessons learned and recommendations to enhance implementation of future family involvement efforts in chi
involvement at the case, peer, and
systems levels, and identifies lessons learned and recommendations to enhance implementation of future family involvement efforts in child w
systems levels, and identifies lessons learned and recommendations to enhance implementation of future family
involvement efforts in chi
involvement efforts in child
welfare.
Children of color in the child
welfare system: Toward explaining their disproportionate
involvement in comparison to their numbers in the general population.
Examining African American Fathers»
Involvement in Permanency Planning: An Effort to Reduce Racial Disproportionality in the Child Welfare System (PDF - 193 KB) Coakley (2008) Children and Youth Services Review, 30 View Abstract Examines the extent to which African - American fathers» involvement in permanency planning influences children's placement outcomes using a secondary data analysis of child welfare ca
Involvement in Permanency Planning: An Effort to Reduce Racial Disproportionality in the Child
Welfare System (PDF - 193 KB) Coakley (2008) Children and Youth Services Review, 30 View Abstract Examines the extent to which African - American fathers»
involvement in permanency planning influences children's placement outcomes using a secondary data analysis of child welfare ca
involvement in permanency planning influences children's placement outcomes using a secondary data analysis of child
welfare case records.
Family
Involvement in the Improving Child Welfare Outcomes Through Systems of Care Initiative (PDF - 716 KB) National Technical Assistance and Evaluation Center for Systems of Care (2010) Describes the planning process and implementation of family involvement at the case, peer, and systems levels and identifies lessons learned and recommendations to enhance implementation of future family involvement efforts in chi
Involvement in the Improving Child
Welfare Outcomes Through
Systems of Care Initiative (PDF - 716 KB) National Technical Assistance and Evaluation Center for Systems of Care (2010) Describes the planning process and implementation of family involvement at the case, peer, and systems levels and identifies lessons learned and recommendations to enhance implementation of future family involvement efforts in child w
Systems of Care Initiative (PDF - 716 KB) National Technical Assistance and Evaluation Center for
Systems of Care (2010) Describes the planning process and implementation of family involvement at the case, peer, and systems levels and identifies lessons learned and recommendations to enhance implementation of future family involvement efforts in child w
Systems of Care (2010) Describes the planning process and implementation of family
involvement at the case, peer, and systems levels and identifies lessons learned and recommendations to enhance implementation of future family involvement efforts in chi
involvement at the case, peer, and
systems levels and identifies lessons learned and recommendations to enhance implementation of future family involvement efforts in child w
systems levels and identifies lessons learned and recommendations to enhance implementation of future family
involvement efforts in chi
involvement efforts in child
welfare.
Gail Barber is a consultant in private practice, providing technical assistance and consultation on
system reform addressing child
welfare cases involving parental substance abuse leading to
involvement with the courts.
The good news is that some state child
welfare systems are becoming more focused on father
involvement.
In response to this, the Children's Bureau, through its Child and Family Services Review (CFSR), now includes an assessment of the degree of father
involvement as part of their review process of state child
welfare systems.
The Father
Involvement Interventions topic area is relevant to child
welfare because to truly create a
system that supports the best interests of children in out - of home care, states and counties need to prioritize strategies that create equal access for fathers to be meaningfully involved in the lives of their children, and thus maximize the likelihood that the goals of safety, permanency and well - being are reached.
Study of Fathers»
Involvement in Permanency Planning and Child
Welfare Casework (link no longer active) This review summarizes existing literature and knowledge about non-custodial fathers and their relations with children involved in the child
welfare system.
Child
welfare system Child
welfare training Child
welfare workforce Child witnesses of family violence Children of incarcerated parents Children's Bureau Citizen review Client rights Co-occurring family problems Collaboration Community - based services Community engagement Community
involvement Community of practice Community partnerships Competency - based training Concurrent planning Conferences Confidentiality Corporal punishment Costs of adopting Counseling (See also Mental health.)
Although the child
welfare system has not always focused attention on father
involvement, some changes have come about in recent years.
This is a program for adolescent females with a history of violence / abuse and
involvement in the child
welfare system.
Some evidence suggests that first - time parents may have fewer risk factors such as prior
involvement with the child
welfare system or the stresses associated with caring for multiple children.