Child Welfare Research

Child welfare news includes two research reports on children in foster care—one on the use of psychotropic drugs and another on identifying social-emotional problems. Other articles look at a new practice model and updated outcomes for children of unmarried parents.

• Psychotropic Medication Oversight in Foster Care

• Evaluating Solution-Based Casework in Washington State
• Social-Emotional Problems in Children in Foster Care
• Fragile Families Research Update

Strategies and Tools for Practice

CBX links you to useful tools for supporting LGBTQ youth and working with the courts to reduce overrepresentation of minority youth, and, for Tribes, some implications of Fostering Connections.

• Toolkit for Supporting LGBTQ Youth in Care
• Judicial Strategies to Reduce Disproportionality
• Tribal Title IV-E Data Collection and Reporting

Resources

• When Child Maltreatment and Domestic Violence Co-Occur
• Foster Youth Internship Program
• Supporting Grandfamilies Through Respite

• Native Horizons Points to Services for Tribal Youth
• Free Volumes of Protecting Children

Training and Conferences

• State and National Training Listings

• Conferences