February 2013Vol. 14, No. 1More 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 the following updated publications:
  
  • Online Resources for State Child Welfare Law and Policy:
    https://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/laws_policies/statutes/resources.cfm
  • Toll-Free Crisis Hotline Numbers:
    https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/reslist/tollfree.cfm
  • Números Gratuitos Para Líneas de Ayuda en Caso de Crisis (Toll-Free Crisis Hotline Numbers):
    https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/reslist/sp_tollfree.cfm
  • Buscando a Parientes Biológicos (Searching for Birth Relatives):
    https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/buscando/index.cfm
  • Parientes Como Proveedores de Cuidado y el Sistema de Bienestar de Menores (Kinship Caregivers and the Child Welfare System):
    http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/cuidadoresfam/index.cfm
• The National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement (NRCOI) posted the recording and materials for its recent webinar, "Building Systems to Support Trauma-Informed Practice":
  http://muskie.usm.maine.edu/helpkids/tele_detail.htm#111512
• The National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (NCWWI) posted the following new resources:
  
  • A recording of its recent webinar "Design Teams and Learning Circles: Agency- and Unit-Level Interventions for Improving Organizational Climate and Culture":
    http://vimeo.com/54502233
  • Collection of Child Welfare Syllabi From the 12 NCWWI Traineeship Programs:
    http://www.ncwwi.org/docs/NCWWI_Syllabi_Collection.pdf (2 MB)
  • Collection of Teaching Resources From the Child Welfare Syllabi of the 12 NCWWI Traineeship Programs:
    http://www.ncwwi.org/docs/Collection_Traineeship_Teaching_Resources_from_Syllabi.pdf (1 MB)
  • NCWWI Child Welfare Traineeships Promising Approaches and Strategies:
    http://www.ncwwi.org/docs/NCWWI_Traineeship_Promising_Approaches_Strategies.pdf (438 KB)
  • Traineeship Student Profiles:
    http://www.ncwwi.org/docs/Traineeship_Student_Profiles.pdf (452 KB)
  • American Indian Traineeship Project (AITP): Brief Overview:
    http://www.ncwwi.org/docs/American_Indian_Traineeship_Project_Overview.pdf (765 KB)
• The National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN) posted the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) Child File FFY 2011 dataset:
  http://www.ndacan.cornell.edu/NDACAN/Datasets/Abstracts/DatasetAbstract_NCANDS_Child_File.html
• National Quality Improvement Center on Differential Response in Child Protective Services (QIC-DR), in collaboration with the Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect, published a "Differential Response Implementation" map:
  http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/medicalschool/departments/pediatrics/subs/can/DR/qicdr/Documents/DR%20Map.pdf (670 KB)
  Visit QIC-DR's new website, hosted by The Kempe Center at the University of Colorado:
  http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/medicalschool/departments/pediatrics/subs/can/DR/qicdr/Pages/default.aspx
• National Quality Improvement Center on Representation of Children (QIC-ChildRep) posted all the academic literature on child representation in child welfare cases since the passage of CAPTA in 1974, as well as the evaluations and the Model Laws on child representation in searchable web sections:
  
  • Academic Literature—Articles on Child Representation:
    http://www.improvechildrep.org/StateofChildRepresentation/AcademicLiterature.aspx
  • Model Acts and Standards:
    http://www.improvechildrep.org/StateofChildRepresentation/ModelActsStandards.aspx
  • Child Representation Evaluations:
    http://www.improvechildrep.org/StateofChildRepresentation/EvaluationsofChildRepresentation.aspx
• QIC-ChildRep also added a new subscription feature to the lower right side of its homepage. To receive occasional news and updates, visit the QIC-ChildRep website and subscribe:
  http://www.improvechildrep.org/Home.aspx
• The National Resource Center for Adoption (NRCA) published volume 25, issue 2, of The Roundtable newsletter, which covers topics such as the challenges of older youth adoptions from foster care, a postadoption marriage education project, and disproportionality in child welfare practice:
  http://www.nrcadoption.org/pdfs/roundtable/V25N2-2012.pdf (8 MB)
• The National Resource Center for Child Protective Services (NRCCPS) is hosting a webinar that will present the findings of the Child Maltreatment 2011 report on February 7, 2013, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m., CST. For more information and to register for the webinar, visit:
  http://www.nrccps.org/
• The National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (FRIENDS) posted the following recordings and materials to its teleconference and webinar archive:
  
  • November 2012 CBCAP Peer Learning Call, "Strategies and Benefits of Engaging the Faith-based Community in Child Abuse Prevention":
    http://friendsnrc.org/teleconference-and-webinar-archive/2012-teleconference-and-webinar-archive/308-november-2012-cbcap-plc-strategies-and-benefits-of-engaging-the-faith-based-community-in-child-abuse-prevention
  • "Using Cost Analysis and Data Utilization to Enhance Sustainability: Part 1":
    http://friendsnrc.org/teleconference-and-webinar-archive/2012-teleconference-and-webinar-archive/311-november-2012-using-cost-analysis-and-data-utilization-to-enhance-sustainability-part-1
  • December 2012 CBCAP Peer Learning Call, "Annual Update in CBCAP and FRIENDS":
    http://friendsnrc.org/teleconference-and-webinar-archive/2012-teleconference-and-webinar-archive/312-december-2012-cbcap-peer-learning-call-annual-update-in-cbcap-and-friends
• FRIENDS announced a new website for its Online Learning Center, which contains all of its previous courses and will be updated in the coming months with new courses and features. Visit the website:
  http://friendsnrcelearning.org/
  The winter 2012 issue of the Parent and Practitioners newsletter, which highlights the National Fatherhood Initiative and Fathers United, is now available for download:
  http://friendsnrc.org/component/joomdoc/doc_details/1583-parent-a-practitioners-newsletter-winter-2012-issue-2
• The National Resource Center for Diligent Recruitment (NRCDR) at AdoptUSKids published the following new resources:
  
  • A tip sheet packet for working with Latino families:
    http://adoptuskids.org/_assets/files/NRCRRFAP/resources/latino-tipsheet-packet.pdf (222 KB)
  • An information packet on Increasing Your Agency's Capacity to Respond to Prospective Parents and Prepare Older Youth For Adoption: Going Beyond Recruitment for 14 to 16 Year Olds:
    http://adoptuskids.org/_assets/files/NRCRRFAP/resources/going-beyond-recruitment-for-14-to-16-year-olds.pdf (1 MB)
• The National Resource Center for In-Home Services (NRC In-Home) posted a recording and materials from its recent webinar "Engaging Fathers in Child Welfare In-Home Services: The Why and How":
  http://nrcinhome.socialwork.uiowa.edu/events/archived.shtml
• The National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections (NRCPFC) published the winter 2012–2013 edition of their
  Permanency Planning Today newsletter, the second in a two-part series on evidence-based practice in child welfare:
  http://www.nrcpfc.org/newsletter/ppt-winter-2012-13.pdf (2 MB)
  NRCPFC also published a new information packet on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Children in Foster Care:
  http://www.nrcpfc.org/is/downloads/info_packets/PTSDandChildren_in_FC_JessicaHieger.pdf (585 KB)
  The following NRCPFC webpages have been recently updated:
  
  • Disaster and Emergency Preparedness and Response:
    http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/socwork/nrcfcpp/info_services/depr.html
  • Federal Title IV-E Guardianship Assistance Program State Policies and Laws:
    http://www.nrcpfc.org/fostering_connections/state_gap.html
• The recordings and materials for the following NRCPFC webcast and teleconference are now available:
  
  • "Unpacking the 'No' of Permanency for Older Youth":
    http://www.nrcpfc.org/webcasts/27.html
  • "Child Welfare, Education, and the Courts: Achieving Educational Stability Milestones through Systems Collaboration":
    http://www.nrcpfc.org/teleconferences/2012-11-05.html
• The National Resource Center for Youth Development (NRCYD) published the January/February issue of Youth Port, covering topics such as toolkits on public speaking and transitioning from foster care, a series of videos and articles on the life of an alumni college student, and more:
  http://www.nrcyd.ou.edu/youth-port
• The National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health (TA Center) posted the recordings and materials for its recent webinars, "The Unique Behavioral Health Challenges for National Guard and Reservists' Families: What Are the Issues? What Are the Service Gaps and Opportunities?" and "Can You Hear Me Now? Strategies for Youth Engagement":
  http://gucchdtacenter.georgetown.edu/resources/index.html#presentations 
• The Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health (TA Partnership) published the December 2012/January 2013 issue of the TA Partnership newsletter, featuring articles on helping youth share their stories, promising activities from system of care communities, and more:
  http://www.tapartnership.org/newsletter/archives/201212.php
  TA Partnership posted the following new resources:
  
  • Putting the Pieces Together: Guidebook for Fact-Based Decision Making to Improve Outcomes for Children and Families:
    http://tapartnership.org/docs/Putting%20the%20Pieces%20Together.pdf (1 MB)
  • "Transgender and Nongender Identity: A Youth Digital Story':
    http://www.tapartnership.org/COP/CLC/videos.php?id=topic7#content7
• The recordings and materials for the following recent webinars are now available:
  
  • "Orientation to 2012 SOC Expansion Implementation ("SOC-X4") Cooperative Agreements"
  • "Rural Behavioral Health Town Hall"
  • "Promoting Suicide Prevention Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Youth"
  • "A Culturally Responsive Perspective to Integrating Evidence-Based Practice with Systems of Care"
     Access all webinar materials through TA Partnership's webinar archives:
    http://www.tapartnership.org/events/webinars/webinarArchives/searchByDate.php?id=topic7#content7
• The Training and Technical Assistance Coordination Center (TTACC) announced a series of eight factsheets that describe available training and technical assistance from the Children's Bureau to support States and Tribes in their implementation of the Fostering Connections and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 in eight key areas. Access the factsheets on the TTACC website:
  https://www.ttaccportal.org/fostering_connections
• The Western and Pacific Child Welfare Implementation Center (WPIC) released the fall 2012 edition of its quarterly newsletter that covers topics such as the new five-part documentary on the "Alaska Child Welfare Disproportionality Reduction Project: Strategies for Success" as well as updates on projects underway in Alaska, Navajo Nation, and Los Angeles:
  http://wpicenter.org/newsletter-fall-2012.php