If you have a favorite evidence-based program in the areas of mental health, substance abuse or parenting, now is the time to nominate it for more federal funding. The clearinghouse that determines which programs and service […]
In just a few weeks, the two major provisions of the Family First Prevention Services Act will take effect. The law, passed in February 2018, dramatically changes the rules of Title IV-E, the entitlement through […]
It wasn’t until Akilah Shands arrived at the Central California Women’s Facility that she realized she was going to be a mom. In 1999, Shands had been arrested for violating her parole and was sentenced […]
The federal Administration for Children and Families (ACF) just made a decision that on its face appears like the minutiae of protocol and procedure, but is likely to make implementing the Family First Prevention Services Act […]
The federal clearinghouse established to determine which services can be funded to help prevent the use of foster care in some child welfare cases has added 16 new programs for review in the coming months, […]
In the 1980s, the Children’s Home Society of Washington (CHSW) brought Sharon Osborne in as a consultant to help them find some new executive management. She was a young social worker, who had helped set […]
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) has laid out a parallel track for states to clear services for the Family First Prevention Services Act, a new law that opens up uncapped federal dollars to […]
The Children’s Bureau (CB), the agency that oversees most federal child welfare funding at the Department of Health and Human Services, announced a plan yesterday that could dramatically ease the process for states to take advantage […]
The federal Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation at the Department of Health and Human Services has published a handbook that lays out how service models will be assessed for inclusion on the much-anticipated Prevention […]
Today I woke up at 6:30 a.m., ate breakfast cooked on a camping stove, changed, brushed my teeth and filled my water bottles. I walked past my current home, a white Chevy van with a […]
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