February 2014Vol. 15, No. 2More 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 new resources:
- Social Media: Tips for Foster Care Workers:
https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/smtips_worker.cfm - Social Media: Tips for Foster Parents:
https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/smtips_parent.cfm - Social Media: Tips for Youth in Foster Care:
https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/smtips_youth.cfm
- Social Media: Tips for Foster Care Workers:
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Information Gateway also posted the following updates:
- Consecuencias a Largo Plazo del Maltrato de Menores (Long-Term Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect):
https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/factsheets/sp_long_term_consequences.cfm - El Impacto de la Adopción en los Padres Biológicos (Impact of Adoption on Birth Parents):
https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/impactobio/index.cfm - El Impacto de la Adopción en las Personas que Han Sido Adoptadas (Impact of Adoption on Adopted Persons):
https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/impactoadoptadas.cfm - Los Hijos Solos en Casa (Leaving Your Child Home Alone):
https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/factsheets/homealone_sp.cfm
- Consecuencias a Largo Plazo del Maltrato de Menores (Long-Term Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect):
- The National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center (AIA) has developed a new online tutorial on "Supporting Children of Parents With Co-occurring Mental Illness and Substance Use":
http://aia.berkeley.edu/training/online/tutorials/ - The National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement (NRCOI) will host the third session in its cosponsored winter webinar series on February 6. For more information and to register for the session "Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) For Courts and Child Welfare: Collaborations to Improve Outcomes," cosponsored by the National Resource Center for Legal and Judicial Issues (NRCLJI), visit http://www.nrcoi.org/tele_detail.htm.
Recordings and materials for the first two sessions of the series, "Delivering and Sustaining Evidence Based Interventions (EBIs): Incredible Years in San Diego" and "Delivering and Sustaining Evidence Based Interventions (EBIs): Triple P in San Francisco," both cosponsored by the National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections (NRCFPC), will also be available at http://www.nrcoi.org/tele_detail.htm.
NRCOI also developed five working papers focusing on different aspects of a CQI system. Access all of the papers here: http://muskie.usm.maine.edu/helpkids/qi_workingpapers.htm - The National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (NCWWI) posted the following new resources:
- NCWWI Bilingual Traineeship Program: Legacies and Lessons Learned:
http://ncwwi.org/files/NCWWI_Bilingual_Traineeship_Legacy_Report_Sept2013.pdf (295 KB) - Twelve NCWWI Traineeship Programs: Comprehensive Summary of Legacies and Lessons Learned:
http://ncwwi.org/files/NCWWI_Traineeships_Comprehensive_Summary_Legacies_Lessons_Learned_Sept2013.pdf (395 KB) - University Partnerships RFP Frequently Asked Questions:
http://ncwwi.org/files/University_Partnerships_RFP_FAQs.pdf (229 KB)
- NCWWI Bilingual Traineeship Program: Legacies and Lessons Learned:
- The National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN) posted two new datasets:
- Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS), Adoption File 2012:
http://www.ndacan.cornell.edu/datasets/dataset-details.cfm?ID=177) - Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS), Foster Care File 2012:
http://www.ndacan.cornell.edu/datasets/dataset-details.cfm?ID=176
- Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS), Adoption File 2012:
- The National Resource Center for Child Protective Services (NRCCPS) posted several new documents to its CJA Recourses web section, including FAQs on the Children's Justice Act (CJA) and CJA Task Force, the CJA three-year assessment, and State Liaison Officers. There is also a new template for CJA 3-year assessment reporting, as well as an application and report template. Access all of the new resources here:
http://nrccps.org/peer-networks/cja-support/cja-resources/ - The National Resource Center for Child Welfare Data and Technology (NRC-CWDT) posted National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD) Guide to the Data Elements:
http://www.nrccwdt.org/2013/12/nytd-guide-to-the-data-elements/ - The National Resource Center for Diligent Recruitment (NRCDR) at AdoptUSKids created the Customizable Diligent Recruitment Navigator, a new tool to assist States, Tribes, and territories in their development of comprehensive diligent recruitment programs that can be tailored to individual child welfare systems and offers assistance and suggestions for diligent recruitment planning: http://www.adoptuskids.org/nrcdr/diligent-recruitment-navigator
For technical assistance or questions regarding the Diligent Recruitment Navigator, contact NRCDR at nrcdr@adoptuskids.org. - The National Resource Center for In-Home Services (NRC In-Home) launched an updated and information-rich website, with a fresh design and improved navigation features:
https://nrc-ihs.org/ - The National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections (NRCPFC) developed a new web-based toolkit focused on Youth Permanency:
http://www.nrcpfc.org/toolkit/youth-permanency/ - The National Resource Center for Youth Development (NRCYD) published the November/December issue of Youth Port: http://www.nrcyd.ou.edu/novemberdecember-2013-youth-port
NRCYD also posted the recording of its recent webinar "NYTD: Three Years Later: Lessons Learned From Locating, Engaging and Surveying Youth":
http://www.nrcyd.ou.edu/learning-center/302-nytd-three-years-later- - The National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health (TA Center) posted the recording and materials from its recent webinar on "Legal Mandates and National Standards: Ensuring Language Access in Children's Mental Health": http://gucchdtacenter.georgetown.edu/resources/TAWebinars.html