Child Welfare Information Gateway

Community-based child abuse and neglect prevention efforts often offer resources and supports to strengthen and stabilize families. In some states, these efforts are not managed through the child welfare system. 'Prevention: Delivering Services Through Education' presents how the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services manages its network of Family Support Centers through its Office of Child Dev...

The decision to embrace a system-wide workforce development approach may come from agency leaders, but sometimes the best ideas to deliver and sustain change can come from staff directly serving on the frontlines of child welfare. 'Workforce Part 4 — Creating Change at the Local Level' shares how frontline child welfare professionals were empowered their staff to design solutions that improved off...

By effectively partnering with organizations that support families, child welfare agencies can empower a system of services that improve prevention outcomes. But effective community collaboration requires that the type and level of services are available to meet the specific needs of the families within the community. 'Reorganizing Community Collaboratives' details how Washington D.C.'s CSFA reorg...

'Connections Matter' podcast showcases how a specific training developed by Prevent Child Abuse Iowa serves as a community-based effort to promote and build understanding, trauma-informed communities by tailoring evidence-based training to the following community sectors: early education, education, health care, faith based, and workforce. This podcast focuses on the development of the Connections...

'Workforce Part 3 – Child Welfare Scholars' showcases a National Child Welfare Workforce Institute university-agency partnership between the University of North Dakota Department of Social Work and the North Dakota Department of Children and Family Services. The Child Welfare Scholars program funds B.S.W. and M.S.W. trainees who are current members of the child welfare workforce. This funding aims...

'Workforce Part 2 — A State's Approach to Change' shares an example of how one state changed its approach to staff development, as well as provides insight on the "must-haves" and lessons learned in moving away from isolated interventions and toward a targeted and cohesive strategy.

'Workforce Part 1 — The Workforce Development Framework' gives listeners an opportunity to hear about how addressing your workforce can impact these and other challenges facing child welfare agencies. The podcast also focuses on the essential elements and implementation of the Workforce Development Framework, which was developed by the National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (NCWWI)Visit discla...

With shifts in practice, an influx of technology and new communication methods, and high staff turnover, the child welfare field has experienced tremendous change during the last 30 years. But during that time, what are the biggest lessons learned by agencies and professionals? 'Child Welfare Then and Now,' shares the perspective from a child welfare veteran with nearly three-decades serving child...

'Parent Advocates in New York City', provides an overview of EFCI, which follows the principles of FGDM, and offers insight into how parent advocates steer families through their case plan, provide emotional support to the families, and use their past experience within the child welfare system to enable better outcomes for their client's families.

'Implementing the Family Group Conference', gives listeners an overview of how Arizona Kinship Support Services implements the Family Group Conference (FGC) model, developed by the Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect. Arizona Kinship Support Services, part of Arizona's Children Association, was awarded a Children's Bureau grant in 2015 to explore FGDM. Listener...

'Diligent Recruitment — Regional Resource Navigators' provides details about the New Mexico Regional Resource Navigator program. This program assigns navigators to work exclusively with specific regions of the state to guide families through the assessment and licensing processes. By enhancing communication and developing relationships between navigators and prospective foster families, the progra...

'Diligent Recruitment — Intelligent Recruitment' provides listeners greater detail into how the community-based care agencies, state agencies, and professional marketing teams partnered together. The conversation includes the approach to gathering target audience data, how agencies were provided marketing and outreach plans unique to their region, and a comparison of how the intelligent marketing...

In 'Collaborating Between Child Welfare and Mental Health,' listeners will hear about a joint training and collaborative effort that occurred outside Baltimore, MD, designed for each group of professionals to better understand each other by sharing target outcomes for children and families, developing a common language to care, understanding each systems' particular needs, and learning how to reco...

'Supporting Kinship Caregivers Part 2' is the second of a two-part series showcasing successful examples of communities improving the connections between kinship caregivers and available services. 'Supporting Kinship Caregivers Part 1' introduces the Kinship Navigator Collaborative from California. 'Supporting Kinship Caregivers Part 2' highlights the Kinship Interdisciplinary Navigation Technolog...

'Supporting Kinship Caregivers Part 1' is the first of a two-part series showcasing successful examples of kinship navigator programs connecting kinship families with available services.

'Protective Factors Part 2' is the second in a two-part series highlighting protective factors. This episode takes a detailed look into a local agency's efforts to holistically implement a protective factors-based approach. The conversation also focuses on how a public IV-E agency and a policy organization collaborated to train and sustain the approach at all levels of the agency.

'Protective Factors Part 1' is the first in a two-part series highlighting protective factors. This episode provides an overview of protective factors and helps listeners distinguish protective factors from risk factors. Guests provide examples of how child welfare professionals can recognize and work with parents and families to strengthen their protective factors.

Child Welfare Information Gateway created a three-part podcast series on engaging fathers and working with fatherhood organizations. 'Engaging Fathers Part 1' and 'Engaging Fathers Part 2' of this series feature a conversation with leaders of local fatherhood organizations. The discussion provides perspective, insights, and recommendations to help child welfare agencies partner with fatherhood org...

Child Welfare Information Gateway has developed a three-part podcast series on engaging fathers and working with fatherhood organizations. 'Engaging Fathers Part 1' and 'Engaging Fathers Part 2' feature a conversation with leaders of local fatherhood organizations in which they share their perspectives and insights on the following: -Examining fathers' value in the lives of their children -Creatin...

Child Welfare Information Gateway has developed a three-part podcast series on engaging fathers and working with fatherhood organizations. 'Engaging Fathers Part 1' features a conversation with leaders of local fatherhood organizations in which they share their perspectives and insights on the following: -Examining fathers' value in the lives of their children -Creating a father-friendly child wel...

'Working With the Correctional System and Incarcerated Parents' features a conversation between those with experience on both sides of the working relationship between the child welfare and correctional systems. Each side of this relationship shares the same vision for the incarcerated parents: reentry into society and reunification with their family where appropriate.

'Secondary Traumatic Stress', three veteran child welfare professionals discuss and provide examples about how to help child welfare professionals cope with secondary traumatic stress, such as the following: -Actions and trainings local agencies in Colorado and Michigan have taken to recognize, mitigate, and reduce secondary traumatic stress -Outcomes and positive impacts to service delivery that...

Effectively addressing human trafficking requires agencies to collaborate on providing judicial, therapeutic, and prevention services. This podcast episode, 'Interagency Collaboration to Address Human Trafficking', features the Miami CARES project. Funded through a Children's Bureau grant, the Miami CARES project brings more than 10 government and community agencies within Miami-Dade (FL) County t...

This podcast, 'Engaging Youth in Foster Care', gives caseworkers the perspective of a former youth in foster care and provides the following: -Insight and tips on using Facebook to learn more about youth in care -Information about the knowledge gaps youth may have about transitioning to adulthood -Ways to help youth recognize the supportive adults in their lives and develop trusting relationships

'Developing and Sustaining a Parent Partner Program', listen to members of the Iowa Department of Human Services, along with Children & Families of Iowa, who helped institute and expand the State's parent partner program. A veteran parent partner is also featured and provides insight on recruiting and retaining parent partners.