Child Welfare Research

We feature a brief providing guidance on research-based principles to guide effective partnerships between social work education programs and child welfare agencies; a white paper on the theoretical framework, model, and strategies that guided Strong Communities; an initiative that seeks to keep kids safe by building systems of support for families of young children; and more.

• Outcome-Focused Academic and Agency Research Partnerships
• Florida Independent Living Programs and Supports
• Community Building for Improved Child Safety, Well-Being

• Child Trafficking and Child Welfare Policy, Practice

Strategies and Tools for Practice

This section of CBX offers publications, articles, reports, toolkits, and other instruments that provide either evidence-based strategies or other concrete help to child welfare and related professionals.

• Finding and Keeping Foster, Adoptive, and Kinship Homes
• Apps for Social Work Professionals

Resources

This CBX section provides a quick list of interesting resources, such as websites, videos, journals, funding or scholarship opportunities, or other materials that can be used in the field or with families.

• Children's Bureau Launches Prevention-Focused Video Series
• Kinship Caregiver Resources in Oregon
• From School to Practice: Making a Good Social Worker

Training and Conferences

• Improving Responses to Youth Charged With Status Offenses
• Conferences