Promising Approaches
June 28, 2012
The Children's Bureau actively identifies promising approaches in child welfare during the Child and Family Services Reviews (CFSRs). Descriptions of the promising approaches are provided as a resource to States regarding areas of common concern identified during the CFSRs and the Program Improvement Plan process. The Children's Bureau does not make any representations pertaining to the effectiveness of the approaches and has not verified that they have been properly evaluated.
Promising Approaches by Topic
Select a topic to view descriptions of promising approaches from States that address the following topics:
Agency Collaboration
Agency Responsiveness to the Community
Case Review System
Child and Family Well-Being
Community Collaboration
Court Collaboration
Foster and Adoptive Parent Licensing, Recruitment, and Retention
Permanency
Quality Assurance
Safety
Service Array
Statewide Information System
Training
Agency Collaboration
- Combined Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement System (Missouri)
- Community Partnerships for Protecting Children (CPPC) (Maine)
- Community Resources for Families (Idaho)
- Illinois Children's Mental Health Partnership (Illinois)
- Dawn Project (Indiana)
- Multiple Response System (MRS) (North Carolina)
- Wraparound Case Management Model of Practice (North Dakota)
- Individualized Services for Juveniles With Sexual Offending Behavior (Vermont)
Agency Responsiveness to the Community
- Ambassadors Program and Fairfax Families4Kids (Virginia)
- Hawaii's Differential Response Process, Ohana (Family) Conferencing, Front-End Family Finding, Outreach and Collaboration (Hawaii)
- Community Partnerships for Protecting Children (CPPC) (Maine)
- Well-Being Teams (Tennessee)
- School Success Program (Ohio)
- Externalized Process for Centralized Intake (Delaware)
- Stakeholder Involvement (Missouri)
Case Review System
- Benchmark Permanency Hearing Program, Child Protection Mediation Program, and Court Family Conferences (Illinois)
- RED Team (Minnesota)
- Adoption and Adolescent Resource Teams (AART) (New Mexico)
Child and Family Well-Being
- Respite Care for Intact Families (Virginia)
- Combined Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement System (Missouri)
- Hawaii's Differential Response Process, Ohana (Family) Conferencing, Front-End Family Finding, Outreach and Collaboration (Hawaii)
- Foster Care Monthly Reporting Form (South Dakota)
- Illinois Children's Mental Health Partnership (Illinois)
- System of Care Initiative (Missouri)
- Foster Care Health Program (New Hampshire)
- Dental Clinic (North Carolina)
- Promote Academic Success for Students in Foster Care (Washington)
- Contact Guides (Oklahoma)
Community Collaboration
- Ambassadors Program and Fairfax Families4Kids (Virginia)
- Hawaii’s Differential Response Process, Ohana (Family) Conferencing, Front-End Family Finding, Outreach and Collaboration (Hawaii)
- Community Partnerships for Protecting Children (CPPC) (Maine)
- Patch Teams (Massachusetts)
- Family Based Services (Massachusetts)
- Independent Living (Indiana)
Court Collaboration
- Spotlight on Permanency (New Hampshire)
- Benchmark Permanency Hearing Program, Child Protection Mediation Program, and Court Family Conferences (Illinois)
- State Child Welfare Agency-Court Collaboration (Louisiana)
- Parallel Protection Process (Minnesota)
Foster and Adoptive Parent Licensing, Recruitment, and Retention
- Ambassadors Program and Fairfax Families4Kids (Virginia)
- Promotional Interactive Family Activity (Montana)
- School Success Program (Ohio)
- Children of Color Project (Iowa)
- Youth Advisory Board Training Video (Missouri)
Permanency
- Spotlight on Permanency (New Hampshire)
- Benchmark Permanency Hearing Program, Child Protection Mediation Program, and Court Family Conferences (Illinois)
- Independent Living Services Delivery (Kansas)
- State Child Welfare Agency-Court Collaboration (Louisiana)
- Louisiana Supreme Court Practices (Louisiana)
- State Child Welfare Agency (Louisiana)
- Visitation/Family Access Guidelines (Minnesota)
- North Dakota Juvenile Court Act 27-20 (North Dakota)
- Swift Adoptions (Oklahoma)
- Permanency Obstacle Removal Team (PORT) (New Mexico)
Quality Assurance
- Combined Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement System (Missouri)
- California Child and Family Review System (California)
- Stakeholder Involvement (Missouri)
- Performance Accountability (Nebraska)
- Biennial Reviews (North Carolina)
- Training Curriculum Review (Pennsylvania)
- Placement Monthly Reporting Form (South Dakota)
- Texas State Strategy on Disproportionality (Texas)
- Washington Quality Assurance System (Washington)
Safety
- Combined Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement System (Missouri)
- Hawaii's Differential Response Process, Ohana (Family) Conferencing, Front-End Family Finding, Outreach and Collaboration (Hawaii)
- Community Resources for Families (Idaho)
- State Child Welfare Agency (Louisiana)
- RED Team (Minnesota)
Service Array
- Combined Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement System (Missouri)
- Community Resources for Families (Idaho)
- Illinois Children's Mental Health Partnership (Illinois)
- Integrated Assessment (Illinois)
- Dawn Project (Indiana)
- Community Partnership for Protecting Children (Iowa)
- Children of Color Project (Iowa)
- Systems of Care Demonstration Grant (Kansas)
- Independent Living Services Delivery (Kansas)
- Family Based Services (Massachusetts)
- Partnership in Responding to Non-Child Abuse and Neglect Reports (Missouri)
- System of Care Initiative (Missouri)
- Integrated Care Coordination Units (Nebraska)
- Foster Care Health Program (New Hampshire)
- Dental Clinic (North Carolina)
- Multiple Response System (MRS) (North Carolina)
- Wraparound Case Management Model of Practice (North Dakota)
- System of Care (Oregon)
- Individualized Services for Juveniles With Sexual Offending Behavior (Vermont)
- RED Team (Minnesota)
Statewide Information Systems
No descriptions are currently available at this time
Training
- Foster and Kinship Care Education (California)
- Child Welfare Staff Training and Retention Initiatives (Delaware)
- Social Work Student Training Program (Georgia)
- Joint Training Partnership (Illinois)
- Grand Rounds Teaching Model (Illinois)
- Professional Development Coordination (Illinois)
- Coaching for Performance and Results (Illinois)
- Supporting Child and Family Outcomes Through Program Evaluation Course (Kentucky)
- New Protocols Utilized at Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline Unit (Missouri)
- Performance Accountability (Nebraska)
- Training Curriculum Review (Pennsylvania)
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State child welfare agencies interested in submitting information regarding additional promising approaches should contact the Child Welfare Reviews Project at cw@jbsinternational.com or (301) 565-3260.