National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center

Who We Are

The National Abandoned Infants Assistance (AIA) Resource Center's mission is to enhance the quality of social and health services delivered to abandoned children and those at risk of abandonment due to the presence of drugs and/or HIV in the family. The Center seeks to achieve these ends by providing training, information, and resources to service providers who assist these children and their families.

How We Can Help

The Resource Center provides training and information to professionals on a wide range of issues, particularly as they relate to the safety, well-being, and permanence of children affected by substance abuse and/or HIV.

Training
The Center offers a variety of training types:

Teleconferences—The Center sponsors an annual series of interactive phone conferences with guest presenters. These trainings are recorded and archived on the Center's website. Recent seminars:
- Infants Exposed Prenatally to Methamphetamines
- Facilitating Disclosure With Children in HIV/AIDS-Impacted Families
- HIV Prevention Interventions With Women Affected by Substance Use
- Treatment and Program Development for Women With Multiple Disorders
Conferences/Webcasts—The Resource Center hosts annual national conferences and webcasts. Recordings and handouts of plenary sessions are archived on the website. Recent topics:
- Substance Exposed Newborns: Weaving Together Effective Policy & Practice (2005)
- Sustaining Your Child and Family Services Organization in Lean Times: A Webcast (2005)
- Raising Kin: The Psychosocial Well-Being of Substance-Affected Children in Relative Care (2004)
E-Training—Online training pertaining to families affected by HIV, substance-exposed newborns, and other topics is under development and can soon be accessed on the Center's website.

Materials Development
The Resource Center disseminates a biannual magazine, factsheets, issue briefs, monographs, reports, and videos. Examples include:

Magazine—The Source
- Methamphetamine and OxyContin (spring 2006)
- Developmental Disabilities, Substance Abuse, and Parenthood (fall 2005)
- Substance Abuse Prevention With Children of Substance Abusers (spring 2005)
Factsheets/Issue Briefs
- Spirituality: A Powerful Force in Women's Recovery (2006)
- Substance Exposed Infants: Noteworthy Policies & Practices (2006)
- The Psychosocial Well-Being of Substance-Affected Children in Relative Care (2006)
- Sustaining Your Child & Family Services Organization in Lean Times (2006)
- Boarder Babies, Abandoned Infants, and Discarded Infants (2005)
Reports
- AIA Project Profiles (2006)
- Effects of Prenatal Substance Exposure on Infant and Early Childhood Outcomes (2006)
- Discarded Infants and Neonaticide: A Review of the Literature (2004)

Research and Resource Development
The Center examines emerging issues and explores practice and policy implications by conducting research and consulting technical expert groups. Results are released in the form of monographs. Recent topics:

Guide to Future Care and Custody Planning for Children (2005)
From the Child's Perspective: A Qualitative Analysis of Kinship Care Placements (2005)
AIA Best Practices: Lessons Learned From a Decade of Service to Children and Families Affected by HIV and Substance Abuse (2003)

Individualized Information Searches
The Center provides links to literature, statistics, and relevant referrals on a broad variety of pertinent topics.

Interactive Website
The Center's publications, resources, databases, and recorded trainings are housed on an interactive website. Links, references, and information from other sources are selectively featured as well.

For More Information

Address:	University of California, Berkeley 1950 Addison Street, Suite 104 #7402 Berkeley, CA 94720-7402
Phone:	510.643.8390
Fax:	510.643.7019
Email:	aia@berkeley.edu
Website:	http://aia.berkeley.edu
Contact:	Jeanne Pietrzak, Director

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