Child Welfare Information Gateway
Online Digest
May 2009
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CBX links you to the latest information on AFCARS, discretionary grants, and resources from the T&TA Network and brings you news about a new manual for child care providers and more.
- AFCARS--A Message From the Children's Bureau
- Children's Bureau Discretionary Grants
- Apply to Be a Grant Reviewer
- Site Visit: Learning Circles Engage Foster Care Supervisors
- New Child Care User Manual
- Updates From the T&TA Network
- New! On the Children's Bureau Site
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This month, CBX shines the spotlight on National Foster Care Month, presenting two interviews with grantees working to promote permanency through open adoptions for youth, as well as a recent public opinion poll about foster care and resources on reunification, preventing placement disruption, and more.
- May Is National Foster Care Month
- Promoting Openness With the Family Connections Project: An Interview
- Project Family Ties Promotes Open Adoptions: An Interview
- Results of the Foster Youth Demonstration Project
- How Americans View Foster Care
- Resources for Family Reunification Services
- Preventing Placement Disruption in Foster Care
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CBX highlights new research on how States differ in their kinship care policies, different types of families who adopt children, the effectiveness of intensive family preservation programs, and State support for home visiting.
- Kinship Care Policies Vary by State
- Patterns in Adoption From Foster Care
- Building Evidence on Family Preservation Programs
- State-Based Home Visiting Programs
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Learn about an effective collaboration between child welfare and substance abuse treatment programs and access a best practice guide to partnering with resource families.
- Collocation: Integrating Child Welfare and Substance Abuse Services
- Partnering With Resource Families
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- A New Website for Youth-Serving Agencies
- Guidebook for Youth With Disabilities Aging Out of Foster Care
- Educational Videos About Foster Care Adoption
- Local Funding Partnerships Program
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