Training and Technical Assistance Updates

A new toolkit from the National Child Welfare Workforce Institute aims to help child welfare professionals enrich their leadership skills and competencies. We also highlight a Spanish-language website from the National Resource Center for Diligent Recruitment at AdoptUSKids to help recruit Spanish-speaking adoptive and foster families.

• NCWWI Leadership Toolkit
• Spanish-Language State Directory
• More Updates From the T&TA Network

Child Welfare Research

CBX points to the fall issue of CW360° that is focused on the intersection of child welfare and parents with disabilities, an update to the National Research Council's 1993 report Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect, and other research.

• Action Steps to Limit Use of Residential Care
• The Intersection Between Child Welfare and Disability
• The Science of Child Abuse and Neglect Research

Strategies and Tools for Practice

• Developing Home Visiting Programs
• Improving LGBT Youth Outcomes
• Resource Parent Recruitment Toolbox

Resources

• Educational Planning Tools for Youth in Care
• Film Highlights Group Homes for At-Risk Youth
• Parenting Class Evaluation

• Self Care for Families

Training and Conferences

• Financial Empowerment Training
• Conferences