December/January 2013Vol. 13, No. 11More 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 posted a new Related Organizations List, Child Welfare State Complaint Offices, which lists contact information for State offices that monitor the delivery of services and handle customer complaints related to child welfare:
http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/reslist/rl_dsp.cfm?rs_id=31&rate_chno=W-00111
Information Gateway also updated its web section on Disaster Preparedness & Response, adding new resources to help child welfare agencies prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural and other disasters:
http://www.childwelfare.gov/management/disaster_preparedness/index.cfm
The following updated publications also were posted to the Information Gateway website:
- Parental Drug Use as Child Abuse:
http://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/laws_policies/statutes/drugexposed.cfm - Use of Advertising and Facilitators in Adoptive Placements
http://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/laws_policies/statutes/advertising.cfm - Intestate Inheritance Rights for Adoptive Persons
http://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/laws_policies/statutes/inheritance.cfm
- Parental Drug Use as Child Abuse:
- The Mountains and Plains Child Welfare Implementation Center (MPCWIC) posted the following new resources to its web section dedicated to the Shawnee Child Protection Team project:
- Native American Foster Parent Recruitment Brochure:
http://www.uta.edu/mpcwic/wp-content/uploads/SANACPT-brochures-final.pdf (373 KB) - "Native American Foster Parent Recruitment" [Video]:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLnGWJVAnrQ&feature=youtu.be - "Native American Foster Parent Television Public Service Announcement" [Video]:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBgsz5CcsOM&feature=youtu.be
- Native American Foster Parent Recruitment Brochure:
- The National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center (AIA) published the following new issue briefs:
- Abandoned Infants Assistance Program:
http://aia.berkeley.edu/media/pdf/AIAoverview.pdf (190 KB) - Perinatal Marijuana Exposure:
http://aia.berkeley.edu/media/pdf/PerinatalMarijuana.pdf (227 KB) - Standby Guardianship:
http://aia.berkeley.edu/media/pdf/StandbyGuardianship2012.pdf (205 KB)
- Abandoned Infants Assistance Program:
- The National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (NCWWI) posted the following new materials:
- Online Resources to Support LAMM Participants' Change Initiatives:
http://www.ncwwi.org/docs/LAMM_Change_Initiatives_Online_Resources_Philadelphia2012.pdf (1,020 KB)Well-Being and New - Policy Directions for Child Welfare webinar resource packet:
http://www.ncwwi.org/docs/Well-being_Webinar_Resource_List.pdf (348 KB)
- Online Resources to Support LAMM Participants' Change Initiatives:
- The National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN) posted the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) 2011 adoption and foster care files:
http://www.ndacan.cornell.edu/Ndacan/Datasets/Abstracts/DatasetAbstract_AFCARS_General.html
NDACAN is now accepting applications for its 20th Summer Research Institute for child maltreatment researchers, to take place June 10–14, 2013, on the Cornell University campus in Ithaca, NY. The deadline for submission is January 30, 2013. For more information and application instructions, visit:
http://www.ndacan.cornell.edu/NDACAN/Summer_Institute/SRI2013.html#apptxt - The National Quality Improvement Center on the Representation of Children in the Child Welfare System (QIC-ChildRep) added a new section to its website, 50 State Summary of Legal Authority Governing ChildRep:
http://www.improvechildrep.org/StateofChildRepresentation/StateLaws.aspx - The National Resource Center for Adoption (NRCA), in partnership with the Spaulding Institute for Family and Community Development, published The Center Source fall 2012 catalog:
http://www.nrcadoption.org/wp-content/uploads/CS-Fall-2012.pdf (1,731 KB) - The National Resource Center for Child Welfare Data and Technology (NRC-CWDT) posted Research Roundup #3—Using Social Media
to Locate Unreachable Child Welfare Research Participants; Web Questionnaire for Measuring Childhood Abuse Retrospectively:
http://www.nrccwdt.org/2012/10/research-roundup-3/ - The National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (FRIENDS) posted the recording of and materials from its October CBCAP Peer Learning Call, "The South Carolina Story: Collaborating With Funders: New and Creative Ways for Their Engagements Efforts":
http://friendsnrc.org/teleconference-and-webinar-archive/2012-teleconference-and-webinar-archive/307-october-2012-the-south-carolina-story-collaborating-with-funders-new-and-creative-ways-for-their-engagements-efforts - The National Resource Center for In-Home Services (NRC In-Home) posted the recording of and accompanying annotated bibliography to a September webinar, sponsored jointly with the National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (FRIENDS), on "Effective Ways of Supporting Families That Are Immigrants and/or Refugees":
- Webinar:
http://nrcinhome.socialwork.uiowa.edu/events/archived - Annotated Bibliography:
http://nrcinhome.socialwork.uiowa.edu/resources/documents/ImmigrantandRefugeeFamiliesResourceList092612.pdf (336 KB) - The presentation and materials from NRC In-Home's September "PSSF Peer Web Teleconference: Performance Improvement Through Performance Based Contracting" are also available:
http://nrcinhome.socialwork.uiowa.edu/connect/index.shtml
- Webinar:
- The National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections (NRCPFC) updated the following webpages:
- Handbooks for Foster Parents:
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/socwork/nrcfcpp/info_services/handbooks-for-foster-parents.html - Handbooks and Resources for Children and Youth in Foster Care:
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/socwork/nrcfcpp/info_services/handbooks-for-youth.html
- Handbooks for Foster Parents:
- NRCPFC also posted two new practice briefs:
- LGBT Prospective Foster and Adoptive Families: The Homestudy Assessment Process:
http://www.nrcpfc.org/downloads/wu/Brief2_TheHomestudyAssessmentProcessWithLGBTProspectiveFosterAndAdoptiveFamilies.pdf (501 KB) - Supporting and Retaining LGBT Foster and Adoptive Parents:
http://www.nrcpfc.org/downloads/wu/Brief3_SupportingRetainingLGBTFosterAdoptiveParents.pdf (323 KB)
- LGBT Prospective Foster and Adoptive Families: The Homestudy Assessment Process:
- The National Resource Center for Diligent Recruitment (NRCDR) at AdoptUSKids published the following new resources:
- Practitioner's Guide: Getting More Parents for Children From Your Recruitment Efforts:
http://www.adoptuskids.org/_assets/files/NRCRRFAP/resources/practitioners-guide-getting-more-parents-from-your-recruitment-efforts.pdf (283 KB) - Creating and Sustaining Effective Respite Services: Lessons From the Field:
http://adoptuskids.org/_assets/files/AUSK/respite-program/creating-and-sustaining-effective-respite-services.pdf (1,280 KB) - Encouraging Your Staff to Use Photolistings in New Ways:
http://adoptuskids.org/_assets/files/NRCRRFAP/resources/encouraging-your-staff-to-use-photolistings-in-new-ways.pdf (619 KB) - Featuring Photolisted Children: Selecting Children and Preparing Your Agency's Response:
http://adoptuskids.org/_assets/files/NRCRRFAP/resources/featuring-photolisted-children.pdf (173 KB)
NRCDR updated its Quick Tips and Tools for Recruitment and Retention webpage to include several new resources for child welfare professionals on the use of social media, including overviews of Twitter and Facebook for child welfare professionals and a diagram explaining which social networks an agency should use to best reach families:
http://adoptuskids.org/for-professionals/free-resources/quick-tips-and-tools-for-recruitment-and-retention
- Practitioner's Guide: Getting More Parents for Children From Your Recruitment Efforts:
- National Resource Center for Tribes (NRC4Tribes) announced its newly redesigned website, featuring a fresh look and improved navigation:
http://www.nrc4tribes.org/ - The National Resource Center for Youth Development (NRCYD) published the fall edition of its newsletter, eUpdate, which features articles on the use of psychotropic medications for the treatment of children in foster care and the results of a National Youth in Transition Database survey of 17-year-old youth in foster care in Washington State:
http://www.nrcyd.ou.edu/eupdate-fall-2012 - The Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health (TA Partnership) posted the October/November issue of the TA Partnership newsletter featuring articles on attending support groups as a parent of a child with special needs and highlights from the system of care communities supported by the TA Partnership:
http://www.tapartnership.org/newsletter/archives/201210.php
TA Partnership's webinar on "Addressing Suicide and Self-Harming Behaviors Among LGBT Youth" will take place on December 10, 2012, from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m., ET. For more information and to register, visit:
http://www.tapartnership.org/events/listView.php?id=1112