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.

• Seven Lessons the Child Welfare System Can Take From COVID-19
  Like many fields, child welfare was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent government responses. Incidents of child maltreatment are likely on the rise due to financial instability,...
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• Five Ways to Serve Youth Through the Family First Prevention Services Act
  A recent brief from the Center for the Study of Social Policy details five opportunities within the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) of 2018 for states to build a prevention continuum...
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• Supporting the Well-Being of Children, Youth, and Families After the Pandemic Is Over
  Written by the Capacity Building Center for States Throughout 2020, agencies grappled with numerous disruptions, including the COVID-19 pandemic (with its related school and work closings and...
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