October 2021Vol. 22, No. 9Updates From the Children's Bureau's Training and Technical Assistance Partners

The Children's Bureau funds several technical assistance centers to provide professionals with tools to better serve children, youth, and families. 

• Child Welfare Information Gateway   
  
  • Working With Military Families as They Pursue Adoption of Children and Youth
  • Military Families Considering Adoption
  • Asistencia para la adopción para niños adoptados del sistema de cuidado de crianza (Adoption Assistance for Children Adopted From Foster Care) 

Visit the Child Welfare Information Gateway website for more.

• FRIENDS National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention  
  
  • "Fatherhood Engagement: Strategies That Work" [Webinar]
  • "Maximizing Funding Discussion Series: Session 3 - Fundraising" [Webinar]

Visit the FRIENDS National Resource Center website for more. 

• Child Welfare Capacity Building Collaborative (CBC)
  
  • CBC for States
    
    • Congregate Care in the Age of Family First: Overview
    • Congregate Care in the Age of Family First: Family Engagement
    • Congregate Care in the Age of Family First: Trauma-Informed Care
  • CBC for Tribes
    
    • "Arctic Winds Healing Winds: Leadership for Results Training" [Video]
    • "Tribal Customary Adoption"
  • CBC for Courts
    
    • Court Improvement Program Resource Library [Free registration required]

Visit the CBC website for more.

• Children's Bureau Learning & Coordination Center (CBLCC)
  
  • "Building Birth and Foster Parent Relationships to Promote Reunification" [Webinar]

Visit the CBLCC website for more.

• AdoptUSKids
  
  • Navigating Adoption [Podcast series]
  • "Keeping Kids Connected to Their Culture Through Kinship Placements"
  • Post-Adoption and Guardianship Support Services in Your State [Webpage]

Visit the AdoptUSKids website for more.

• National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN)
  
  • NDACAN Office Hours Fall 2021 [Support meetings]
  • National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) Agency File FFY 2019

Visit the NDACAN website for more.

• National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (NCWWI) 
  
  • National eUpdate
  • "Social Work Degrees Are Leading the Child Welfare Workforce"
  • "Intersectionality in Child Welfare" [Infographic]

Visit the NCWWI website for more.

• Quality Improvement Center for Workforce Development (QIC-WD)
  
  • "Creating a Workforce Analytics Team" [Video]
  • "Supportive Supervision and Resilience Alliance to Address Secondary Trauma in Ohio: Preliminary Findings on Impact" 
  • "Secondary Traumatic Stress, Burnout and Resilience in the Child Welfare Workforce: Early Results From Nebraska's Randomized Controlled Trial of Resilience Alliance"

Visit the QIC-WD website for more.

• Quality Improvement Center for Adoption and Guardian Support and Preservation (QIC- AG)
  
  • "QIC-AG Virtual Tour" [Video]

Visit the QIC-AG website for more.