Child Welfare Research

We highlight an article about an initiative in Massachusetts aimed at improving well-being, permanency, and maltreatment outcomes for children who have experienced trauma; a report about the importance of engaging both parents in casework; an article about using data to inform systems change; and more.

• The Massachusetts Child Trauma Project Shows Promise in Improving Well-Being Outcomes
• Study Underscores Need to Engage Both Parents in Child Welfare Work for Better Outcomes

• Administrative Data Informs Child Welfare Programming With Dynamic Visualization Methodologies
• Placement With Family Impacts Safety, Permanency, and Well-Being
• Achieving Permanency for Children in Care

Strategies and Tools for Practice

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

• What States' First-Round PIPs Reveal About How Child Welfare Agencies Are Addressing Domestic Violence
• Handout Features Child and Family Services Review Outcomes, Systemic Factors, and Associated Items and Data Indicators
• Considerations and Strategies for Engaging Tribes and Tribal Families

• Laying a Foundation: Child Welfare Agencies and Courts Working Together

Resources

This section of CBX 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.

• Youth Permanency Toolkit
• CFSR Factsheet for Youth

• Parent Engagement Toolkit
• Child Abuse Prevention Toolkit
• Help for Parents, Hope for Kids Provides Child Safety Resources

Training and Conferences

• Child and Family Services Reviews E-Training Platform
• Conferences