Child Welfare Information Gateway
Online Digest
October 2009
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CBX brings you information on engaging local grantees in State CFSRs, as well as a report about an Iowa grantee, information on trends in child well-being and CPS practice, and the latest from the Training and Technical Assistance Network.
- Confirmation of New Assistant Secretary for Children and Families
- Making the Connection: Linking Discretionary Grant Work With State Planning and Program and Improvement Activities
- $35 Million Awarded in Adoption Incentives
- Site Visit: Training Supervisors to Improve Outcomes for Iowa Youth
- Indicators of Child Well-Being
- New Study Examines Trends in CPS Practice
- Updates From the T&TA Network
- New! On the Children's Bureau Site
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This month, CBX rounds up some of the newest information on cultural competence, including examples of programs and strategies from across the country, as well as resources from the T&TA Network that can help you evaluate and implement culturally competent practices.
- Cultural and Linguistic Competency in the Child Welfare System: State Strategies
- Evidence-Based Practice in American Indian Communities
- The Journey of Cultural Awareness
- T&TA Network Resources on Cultural Competence
- Resources for Working With Immigrant Youth and Families
- Direct Service and Organizational Cultural Competence Strategies
- Training in Cultural Competency and Domestic Violence
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Recent reports from the child welfare field look at electronic recording in investigations, children in kinship care when a parent is incarcerated, and correlates of infant spanking.
- Documenting Investigative Child Abuse Interviews
- Kinship Care When Parents Are Incarcerated
- Linking Spanking to Mothers' Childhood Experiences
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Find tools and examples that can help you with concurrent planning, identifying evidence-based practices, and recruiting and training older mentors.
- Concurrent Planning How-Tos and Promising Practices
- Updates on Evidence-Based Practices
- Mentoring at Any Age
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- Addressing Racial Disproportionality in the Courts
- New Book on Supervision
- A Child's Book About Recovering After Sexual Abuse
- Improving the Legal System's Approach to LGBTQ Youth In Foster Care
- Grants for Grandparents Raising Children
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Vol. 10, No. 8
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| CBX covers news, issues, and trends of interest to professionals and policymakers in the interrelated fields of child abuse and neglect, child welfare, and adoption. | |
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