Child Welfare Research

• Children's Defense Fund Reports Latest U.S. Child Poverty Rankings
• New Report Gives Statistical Portrait of Parents in U.S.
• Study Shows Spanking May be Harmful to Children

• GAO Report Examines ASFA's Impact on Foster Care

Strategies and Tools for Practice

• Developing a Parent Leadership Team as an Innovative Parent Leadership Strategy
• New Report on Evidence-Based Practices in Mental Health Services for Foster Youth

• New Guide Offers Assistance in Developing Tribal Court CASA Programs
• Pilot Initiative in New York City to Better Support Families Affected by Domestic Violence

Resources

• Lighting the Way: Volunteer Child Advocates Speak Out

• Federal Office Releases Brochures on Child Maltreatment
• OJJDP Issues Program Announcement for Multi-System Decision-Making Training and Technical Assistance Project
• Multicultural Guide Prepares Professionals for Cultural Differences

• Call for Abstracts for Special Issue of the Child Welfare Journal

Training and Conferences

• Fourteenth National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect
• Upcoming Conferences

• News From the Child Welfare Training Resources (CWTR) Online Network: New Video, Parent's Choices, Highlights Impact of Parental Decision-Making