May 2013Vol. 14, No. 4More 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:
- The Children's Bureau Training and Technical Assistance Network 2013 Directory is now available on the Children's Bureau website. This directory describes the services and activities of the 28 members of the Children’s Bureau's T&TA Network, including the National Resource Centers, Quality Improvement Centers, Implementation Centers, and more:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/resource/tta-network-directory-2013 - Child Welfare Information Gateway posted the following updated publications:
- Foster Care Statistics 2011:
https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/factsheets/foster.cfm - Parent-Child Interaction Therapy With At-Risk Families:
https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/f_interactbulletin/ - Preparing and Supporting Foster Parents Who Adopt:
https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/f_fospro/index.cfm - Reasonable Efforts to Preserve or Reunify Families and Achieve Permanency for Children:
https://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/laws_policies/statutes/reunify.cfm
- Foster Care Statistics 2011:
- The Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center (MCWIC) will sponsor a regional Tribal child welfare gathering for Tribes in ACF regions 5 and 7 on June 19–20. Registration deadline is May 17. For more information and to register, visit:
http://www.mcwic.org/events/20130619.php - The National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center (AIA) posted the recordings and materials from its 2013 webinar series and offers an option to purchase continuing education units. The series featured a session on reaching, engaging, and retaining women in HIV care and a session on the long-term effects of prenatal substance exposure on children:
http://aia.berkeley.edu/training/online/webinars/2013series/ - The National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (NCWWI) published the winter/spring issue of its National E-Update:
http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs104/1103622714543/archive/1112536218214.html
The fall/winter issue of A Brief Yet Comprehensive (ABC) Update to Our National Advisory Committee is also available:
http://www.ncwwi.org/docs/ABCUpdate_FallWinter2012-2013.pdf (318 KB)
NCWWI posted the recording and materials for its recent webinar on "Evidence-Based Practices in Child Welfare: Opportunities and Challenges for the Workforce":
http://www.ncwwi.org/events/archive.html
The next session in the "What Works for the Workforce: Leadership Competencies in Action" webinar series will be held in June. More information and registration details for the session, "Professional Education and Training," to be announced:
http://www.ncwwi.org/events - The National Resource Center for Adoption (NRCA) published volume 26, issue 1, of The Roundtable newsletter, which focuses on adoption support and preservation services:
http://www.nrcadoption.org/pdfs/roundtable/V26N1-2013.pdf (1 MB) - The National Resource Center for Child Protective Services (NRCCPS) posted recordings and presentations from the following recent webinars:
- "Children's Justice Act: Program Overview Program Instructions Review," along with the 2013 Children's Justice Act Program Instructions:
http://nrccps.org/peer-networks/cja-support/cja-webinars-teleconferences/ - "Implementation of Safety Practice Model in Child Welfare":
http://nrccps.org/peer-networks/slo-support/slo-webinars
NRCCPS also posted new technical assistance reports for Florida and South Dakota:
http://nrccps.org/training-tech/reports?yr=2013
- "Children's Justice Act: Program Overview Program Instructions Review," along with the 2013 Children's Justice Act Program Instructions:
- The National Resource Center for Child Welfare Data and Technology (NRC-CWDT), in partnership with the National Resource Center for Youth Development, announced a new peer-to-peer group opportunity focused on working with States' youth data. For more details and contact information, visit:
http://www.nrccwdt.org/2013/03/working-with-youth-data/
NRC-CWDT also posted the following:
- Technical Assistance Brief No.1: Mapping NYTD Race Information:
http://www.nrccwdt.org/2013/03/technical-assistance-brief-no-1-mapping-nytd-race-information-2/ - NYTD TA Brief #11: Reporting Youth Record Numbers:
http://www.nrccwdt.org/2013/02/nytd-ta-brief-11-reporting-youth-record-numbers/
- Technical Assistance Brief No.1: Mapping NYTD Race Information:
- The National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (FRIENDS) posted the recording and materials from its recent webinar, "CBCAP Peer Learning Call: Resources and Strategies for Telling the Prevention Story":
http://friendsnrc.org/teleconference-and-webinar-archive/2013-teleconference-and-webinar-archive/320-march-2013-cbcap-peer-learning-call-resources-and-strategies-for-telling-the-prevention-story - The National Resource Center for In-Home Services (NRC In-Home) posted In-Home Programs for Drug Affected Families:
http://nrcinhome.socialwork.uiowa.edu/resources/documents/drugaffectedmemo.pdf (508 KB)
NRC In-Home also posted the recordings and materials from its recent webinar on "Developing and Implementing a Tribal In-Home Services System of Care Model":
http://nrcinhome.socialwork.uiowa.edu/events/archived.shtml - The National Resource Center for Organizational Improvement (NRCOI) will soon be posting information about its summer/fall 2013 webinar program. Check NRCOI's Webinars page regularly for updates:
http://muskie.usm.maine.edu/helpkids/tele.htm - The National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections (NRCPFC) recently updated the following Hot Topic webpages: Child Welfare Mediation, Children With Disabilities in Foster Care, Children and Youth of Color, Community as a Resource, Prevention, Reinstatement of Parental Rights, and Well-Being. Access these and many other Hot Topic webpages here:
http://www.nrcpfc.org/is/hot_topics.html - The National Resource Center for Youth Development (NRCYD) published the March/April issue of Youth Port, which links to tips for young professionals entering the workforce, resources to help youth understand the foster care system, and more:
http://nrcyd.ou.edu/youth-port - The National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health (TA Center) published a System of Care Expansion Implementation Guide:
http://gucchdtacenter.georgetown.edu/resources/Webinar%20and%20Audio%20Files/SOC_ExpansionImplementationGuide.pdf (183 KB)
TA Center will host a webinar on "Improving Services and Supports for Youth Who Are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, Intersex, 2-Spirit (LGBTQI2-S)" on May 16, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. (ET). For more information and to register, visit:
http://gucchdtacenter.georgetown.edu/resources/TAWebinars.html - The Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health (TA Partnership) will host a webinar on "Effective Advocacy Strategies for Cultural and Linguistic Competence" on May 16 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. (ET). For more information, visit:
http://www.tapartnership.org/events/listView.php?id=1121
Find all archived webinar materials on TA Partnership's website, here:
http://www.tapartnership.org/events/webinars/webinarArchives/searchByDate.php?id=topic8#content8
