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CHILD WELFARE
The Child Welfare staff have research and direct practice experience in every area of the child welfare field, including:
- Rigorous evaluation
- Policy reform
- Developing and analyzing indicators of child well-being
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State Child Welfare
Policy Database
Information on
child welfare policies
by topic and state
Tools and resources for
states and localities
to implement the
Fostering Connections
to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act
(Public Law 110-351) and improve outcomes
for children in foster care.
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Adoption USA: A Chartbook on the 2007 National Survey of Adoptive Parents, authored by Child Trends, is the first-ever survey to provide representative information about the characteristics, adoption experiences, and well-being of adopted children and their families in the U.S. More...Child Trends has been contracted by the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption to do a multi-year evaluation of Wendy's Wonderful Kids (Child Trends' evaluation), a program that awards grants to public and private adoption agencies in the U.S. and Canada to hire adoption professionals to aggressively move children from foster care into adoptive families.
Child Trends is evaluating Family Finding, a random assignment evaluation of a program that uses internet technology to find and reconnect children in the foster care system to their biological families.
Florida, Maryland, and Wisconsin, three Family Connections projects based on the Family Finding model, are being evaluated by Child Trends researchers.
The Center for the Study of Social Policy asked Child Trends to identify indicators for use in evaluating demonstration programs aimed at preventing child maltreatment among children ages 0 to 5. The report,  Indicators for Child Maltreatment Prevention Programs , co-authored by Child Trends' Sharon Vandivere, was completed in September 2009.
Fathers are often not involved in child welfare cases and caseworkers may never know whether a father can help his child. What About the Dads? Child Welfare Agencies’ Efforts to Identify, Locate and Involve Nonresident Fathers (2006), authored by Karin Malm describes the steps that child welfare agencies usually take to identify, locate, and involve nonresident fathers in case planning; the barriers encountered; and the policies and practices that affect involvement.
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2011
Bringing Family to the Table: Tips and Techniques for Effective Family Engagement
S. C. Williams, K. Malm, T. Allen, R, Ellis
December 2011
This brief presents findings from the site visits, focusing specifically on the engagement process, the second component of the model. The brief describes current practice in the sites and identifies promising techniques, common challenges, and potential solutions to engaging family members and/or other important people in the child’s life.
Piecing Together the Puzzle: Tips and Techniques for Effective Discovery in Family Finding
T. Allen, K. Malm, S. C. Williams, R. Ellis
December 2011
This brief examines the discovery component of the model and identifies promising techniques and tools that family finding workers reported using to help facilitate
the discovery of family members or other important people in the child’s life.
Innovation Models for Evaluation of Family-Strengthening Interventions
J. Schneider Munoz, V. Holmes, R.A. R. Renteria
November 3, 2011
Presented to American Evaluation Association Annual Meeting
Anaheim, CA
Presentation focused on lessons learned from phase one of evaluation initiative to document changes in secondary data and community trends and report on reduction of risk of child abuse for specific cases participating in the Brevard C.A.R.E.S. family strengthening program.
Teen Parents in Foster Care: Risk Factors and Outcomes for Teens and Their Children
Jennifer Manlove, Kate Welti, Marci McCoy-Roth, Amanda Berger, Karin Malm
November 2011
In this research brief, Child Trends' goal is to increase decision makers’ understanding of this population of high-risk youth, to inform strategies to reduce teen pregnancies in foster care, and to support teen parents living in foster care and their children.
Implementation Update: The Fostering Connections Act
Marci McCoy-Roth
Voices for America's Children
October 21, 2011
Family Finding: Does Implementation Differ When Serving Different Child Welfare Populations?
Karin Malm, Tiffany Allen
October 2011
Before successful replication and adaptation of family finding services can occur, additional examination of the program models and how they differ across sites needs to occur.
What Helps and Hinders Me from Being Adopted: Voices of Youth in Foster Care from the Wendy's Wonderful Kids Evaluation
Child Trends
October 1, 2011
This brief summarizes previous research regarding challenges
to adoptions of older children in foster care and presents new
data from the voices of youth in foster care who received
services from the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption’s
Wendy’s Wonderful Kids (WWK) adoption recruitment
program.
Achieving Successful Adoptions: Voices of Prospective and Current Adoptive Parents from the Wendy's Wonderful Kids Evaluation
Child Trends
October 1, 2011
This brief summarizes previous research regarding barriers
and facilitators to successful adoptions, and presents new
data from the voices of prospective and current adoptive parents who received services from the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption’s Wendy’s Wonderful Kids (WWK)adoption recruitment program.
Wendy's Wonderful Kids Technical Report: Impact Findings
Child Trends
October 1, 2011
This technical report summarizes the impact findings of a national five-year evaluation of the impact of child-focused recruitment on foster care adoption.
Wendy's Wonderful Kids Technical Report: Program Description and Implementation
Child Trends
October 1, 2011
This is a program description and implentation report of a national five-year evaluation of the impact of child-focused recruitment on foster care adoption.
Wendy's Wonderful Kids Evaluation Report Summary
Child Trends
October 1, 2011
This report is a summary of a national five-year evaluation of the impact of child-focused recruitment on foster care adoption.
Child Welfare and Youth Homelessness: The Fostering Connections Act
Marci McCoy-Roth
National Alliance to End Homelessness Conference
Washington, DC
July 14, 2011
Statewide Child Maltreatment Needs Assessment and Evaluation Services Project
David Murphey, Kristine Andrews, Lori Delale-O’Connor, Dylan Knewstub
Ohio Children’s Trust Fund Stakeholders’ Meeting
Columbus, OH
June 27, 2011
Foster Care Data Snapshot
Amy McKlindon, Sharon Vandivere, David Murphey
May 2011
To coincide with National Foster Care Month in May, this Data Snapshot explores state and national
trends in the number of children in foster care, as well as the number entering foster care, each year
from 2000 to 2009.
Children Adopted from Foster Care: Adoption Agreements, Adoption Subsidies, and Other Supports
May 2011
This research brief is the second of a two-part analysis that presents information on children adopted from foster care in the United States and their families using data from the 2007 National Survey of Adoptive Parents (NSAP) and the 2007 National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH). It presents information on post-adoption supports and services including adoption subsidy payments, and Medicaid coverage, and other services such as support groups for parents and children.
Adopted from Foster Care: Child and Family Characteristics, Adoption Motivation, and Well-Being
May 2011
This research brief is the first of a two-part analysis that presents information on children adopted from foster care in the United States and their families using data from the 2007 National Survey of Adoptive Parents (NSAP) and the 2007 National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH). It describes the characteristics of children adopted from the U.S. foster care system and presents findings related to the well-being of the children and their families.
Child Maltreatment Data Snapshot
This Data Snapshot uses data from
the National Child Abuse and Neglect
Data System (NCANDS). The NCANDS
includes information provided by states from their child welfare administrative data systems on investigated reports of maltreatment.
Young and Vulnerable: Children Five and Under Experience High Maltreatment Rates
By Kerry DeVooght, Marci McCoy-Roth, Madelyn Freundlich
April 29, 2011
Although children of all ages can be victims of abuse or neglect, infants and young children are particularly vulnerable. Federal data on child maltreatment from the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) show that young children are more likely than older children to be reported to child protective services (CPS) for suspected abuse or neglect, and are more likely than their older peers to be determined victims of maltreatment by CPS.
Trends in Adoptions from Foster Care in the Wake of Child Welfare Reforms
Marci McCoy-Roth
Eighth Annual Adoption Policy Conference
New York, NY
March 4, 2011
Adopted Children with Special Health Care Needs: National Survey Findings
Amy McKlindon - Kate Welti - Sharon Vandivere - Karin Malm. In Adoption Advocate. Washington, DC: National Council for Adoption, February 2011. The NSAP-SN is the result of a collaboration of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and
Evaluation, the Administration for Children and Families, and the National Center for Health Statistics, and was conducted as a follow-back to the 2005-2006 National Survey of Children with
Special Health Care Needs. Read more...
2010
What Parents are Saying About Foster Care Adoptions: Key Findings from the 2007 National Survey of Adoptive Parents (PowerPoint)
Mary Boo, North American Council on Adoptable Children; Penelope L. Maza, U.S. Children’s Bure (retired); Laura Radel, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Kathleen Strottman, Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute; Sharon Vandivere and Kerry DeVooght, Child Trends; Nina Williams-Mbengue, National Conference of State Legislatures
Webinar Recording
Washington, DC
November 17, 2010
Two-Year Anniversary of Fostering Connections Act with Older Youth Provisions
Webinar and PowerPoint, October 7, 2010
The Fostering Connections Resource Center, together with FosterClub, the National Conference of State Legislatures, The Finance Project, the John Burton Foundation and Fostering Media Connections, hosted a webinar to mark the two-year anniversary of the Fostering Connections Act, with a special emphasis on the older youth provisions. Child Trends, together with The Finance Project, manages fosteringconnections.org.
Fostering Connections and Health
Webinar and PowerPoint, September 21, 2010
fosterconnections.org's lead national partner, the National Academy for State Health Policy, led a webinar on the health provisions of FCA. Panelists included Chris Chytraus, Program Manager for Utah's Fostering Healthy Children Program and Betty Ward-Zuckerman, Assistant Director, GAO and contributor to a report on state practices for managing health care for children in foster care, as well as Dr. Sarah Springer, chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics' Task Force on Foster Care, who will discuss AAP's Healthy Foster Care America Initiative. Child Trends, together with The Finance Project, manages fosteringconnections.org.
Supporting Tribal Child Welfare through a Better Understanding of the Opportunities Under Fostering Connections
PowerPoint Presentation, August 12, 2010
This PowerPoint is from the Supporting Tribal Child Welfare through a Better Understanding of the Opportunities Under Fostering Connections, hosted by Fostering Connections Resource Center in conjunction with the National Indian Child Welfare Agency. Child Trends, together with The Finance Project, manages fosteringconnections.org.
New Title IV-E Tools for Tribes to Take Advantage of Opportunities Under Fostering Connections
Slide Show Presentation, August 10, 2010
This slide show is from the Webinar on New Title IV-E Tools for Tribes to Take Advantage of Opportunities Under Fostering Connections, hosted by the Fostering Connections Resource Center in conjunction with the National Indian Child Welfare Association. Child Trends, together with The Finance Project, manages fosteringconnections.org.
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