September 2012Vol. 13, No. 8More Updates From the T&TA Network

The Children's Bureau's Training and Technical Assistance (T&TA) Network continues to produce resources that can help States and Tribes in their work with children and families. Some recent resources are listed below:

• Child Welfare Information Gateway announced new resources added to their website's Learning Center:
  
  • A new Realistic Job Preview (RJP) video gallery includes videos and materials from over 15 States, a general overview of RJPs, and information on how they can be used to screen, select, and retain potential child welfare staff:
    http://www.childwelfare.gov/learningcenter/rjp.cfm
  • View all Learning Center video series through the new Video Series main page, accessible through the Learning Center: http://www.childwelfare.gov/learningcenter/video_series.cfm#rjp
    Child Welfare Information Gateway also posted several updated resources:
  • A factsheet on Major Federal Legislation Concerned With Child Protection, Child Welfare, and Adoption:
    http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/otherpubs/majorfedlegis.cfm
    
  • A factsheet for families on Selecting and Working With a Therapist Skilled in Adoption:
    http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/f_therapist.cfm

• The National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center (AIA) posted materials from its webinar "Creating an Effective Peer Model":
  http://aia.berkeley.edu/training/online/webinars/2012series/
  AIA also published the first two in a series of blog posts, "Change Agents," in which they will interview each of the 17 direct service programs funded by the Children's Bureau. Read their complete interviews with the project directors of FRESH Start (a program of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health), and of CRADLES (a program of Austin Recovery, in Austin, Texas):
  http://aia.berkeley.edu/blog/
• The National Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues (NRCLJI) posted its presentation from the 2012 Court Improvement Program (CIP) meeting, held June 27–29:
  http://www.americanbar.org/groups/child_law/what_we_do/projects/rclji/courtimp.html
• The National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement (NRCOI) launched a new website for their Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Research Project, which contains information on the CQI systems of 33 States, among other resources:
  http://www.nrcoi.org/cqiproject.htm
  The NRCOI also posted recordings and materials from its spring webinars, "Getting to Outcomes: An Approach to Implementing Systemic Change" and "Assessing and Improving Organizational Culture and Climate":
  http://muskie.usm.maine.edu/helpkids/tele_detail.htm 
• The National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (NCWWI) posted two new resource lists:
  
  • "Data and Accountability": http://www.ncwwi.org/docs/NCWWI_Resource_List-Data_and_Accountability.pdf (260 KB)
  • "Recruitment, Screening & Selection": http://www.ncwwi.org/docs/NCWWI_ResourceList_11-RecruitmentScreeningSelection.pdf (202 KB)
• The National Quality Improvement Center on Differential Response in Child Protective Services (QIC DR) included a new publication in its website's "Resources" section, Differential Response in Child Protective Services: Research and Practice Advancements:
  http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/medicalschool/departments/pediatrics/subs/can/DR/qicdr/General%20Resources/General%20Resources/docs/protecting-children-2012.pdf (9 MB)
• The National Resource Center for Adoption (NRCA) added a resource on Strategies For Recruiting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Foster, Adoptive, and Kinship Families to their website's Adoption Information and Stats section:
  http://www.nrcadoption.org/wp-content/uploads/Strategies-for-Recruiting-LGBT-Foster-Adoptive-and-Kinship-Families.pdf (411 KB)
• The National Resource Center for Child Protective Services (NRCCPS) posted a recording and PowerPoint presentation for its July 17 webinar, "Using the CEBC to Identify 'The Best' Programs for Children and Families in the Child Welfare System":
  http://nrccps.org/home
• The National Resource Center for Child Welfare Data & Technology (NRC-CWDT) posted a recording and materials from their June 9 webinar, cohosted by AdoptUSKids, "Social Media and Social Networking in Child Welfare":
  http://www.nrccwdt.org/2011/12/social-media-and-social-networking-in-child-welfare-692011-open-enrollment-webinar/?utm_source=NRC-CWDT+Updates&utm_campaign=541ac23497-2012_05+Web+Updates+and+Upcoming+Events&utm_medium=email
• The National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (FRIENDS) posted recordings of and materials from recent webinars:
  
  • "Building Financial Assets for Youth and Families in CBCAP Programs"
    http://friendsnrc.org/teleconference-and-webinar-archive/2012-teleconference-and-webinar-archive/302-july-2012-cbcap-learning-call-building-financial-assets-for-youth-familes
  • "Building Parent Leadership and Involvement in Home Visiting Programs"
    http://friendsnrc.org/teleconference-and-webinar-archive/2012-teleconference-and-webinar-archive/300-june-2012-building-pl-involvement-hv-programs
  • "Making the Connection: Barriers and Bridges to Prevention in Hard-to-Reach Communities—Session 3: Engaging and Learning from Tribal Communities"
    http://friendsnrc.org/teleconference-and-webinar-archive/2012-teleconference-and-webinar-archive/298-june-2012-making-the-connection-session-3
• The National Resource Center for In-Home Services (NRC In-Home) posted materials and a webcast presentation from its "PSSF Peer Web Teleconference on Post Adoption Services as Family Preservation," which was held on June 20, 2012:
  http://nrcinhome.socialwork.uiowa.edu/events/archived
• The National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections (NRCPFC) published two new information packets:
  
  • LGBTQ Youth Permanency
    http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/socwork/nrcfcpp/info_services/download/LGBTQ%20Youth%20Permanency_JesseYarbrough.pdf (703 KB)
  • Extending Foster Care Beyond 18: Improving Outcomes for Older Youth
    http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/socwork/nrcfcpp/downloads/information_packets

• The National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health (TA Center) posted the complete agenda book, resources, and PowerPoint presentations from its July 25–29 Training Institutes on children's mental health. See the TA Center's website for all the information:
  http://gucchdtacenter.georgetown.edu/Activities/TrainingInstitutes/index.html
  The TA Center also uploaded the webinar recordings and accompanying presentations for its three-part question and answer discussion series, "Getting Practical: Developing Your State Plan for Psychotropic Medication Management": http://gucchdtacenter.georgetown.edu/child_welfare.html#Upcoming
  In addition, the TA Center published two new resources:
  
  • Expanding Systems of Care: Improving the Lives of Children, Youth, and Families:
    http://gucchdtacenter.georgetown.edu/publications/SOC%20Results%205-7-12.pdf (2355 KB)
  • Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility Waiver Demonstration: Storytelling Project:
    http://gucchdtacenter.georgetown.edu/publications/PRTF_Storytelling.pdf (454 KB)
• The Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health (TA Partnership) will sponsor a webinar, hosted by the Community of Practice's LGBTQI2-S Learning Community, on "Effective Therapeutic and Programmatic Interventions and Resources for LGBT Youth and Their Families" on September 6, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. (ET). For further information, see:
  http://events.tapartnership.org/register.php?eid=66
  The TA Partnership also posted a recording and materials from their July webinar, "Indicators of Family Involvement":
  http://www.tapartnership.org/events/webinars/webinarArchives/searchByDate.php?id=topic7#content7