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A Grassroots Prototype for Trauma-Informed Child Welfare System Change
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Henry, James; Richardson, Margaret; Black-Pond, Connie; Sloane, Mark; Atchinson, Ben; Hyter, Yvette – Child Welfare, 2011
The development of trauma-informed child welfare systems (TICWSs) that advance individual agency practice to target transformation of the system as a whole has been conceptualized but not documented. A grassroots effort to build a TICWS with key participants (e.g., Department of Human Services, Community Mental Health, Family Court, schools) in…
Descriptors: Evidence, Human Services, Child Welfare, Welfare Services
Adoption Now: A Joint Initiative of New York's Courts and Child Welfare System
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DeCataldo, Kathleen R.; Carroll, Karen – Child Welfare, 2007
In November 2002, Chief Judge Judith Kaye attended the National Adoption Day festivities in Albany County and New York County (Manhattan). Although pleased that 600 adoptions were being finalized statewide on this special day, she was concerned to learn more than 6,000 other children were free for adoption but had not yet found permanent families.…
Descriptors: Counties, Child Welfare, Courts, Adoption
Enhancing the Empowerment of Youth in Foster Care: Supportive Services
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Kaplan, Sandra J.; Skolnik, Louise; Turnbull, Ayme – Child Welfare, 2009
This paper reviews the research on youth empowerment in seven child welfare programmatic areas. A lack of studies specifically focused on the empowerment of youth in foster care was found. Conceptual perspectives and existing data, however, suggest that the empowerment of youth in and transitioning out of care is essential and should be overtly…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Child Welfare, Program Development, Foster Care
Parents with Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Abuse Conditions Involved in Child Protection Services: Clinical Profile and Treatment Needs
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Stromwall, Layne K.; Larson, Nancy C.; Nieri, Tanya; Holley, Lynn C.; Topping, Diane; Castillo, Jason; Ashford, Jose B. – Child Welfare, 2008
This article reports findings of an exploratory study of 71 parents with substance abuse conditions involved in a child dependency court. Over half (59%) of the parents had a co-occurring mental health condition. Parents with co-occurring conditions (PWCC) differed in several important ways from those with only substance abuse conditions. PWCC…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Mental Health
Reasonable Efforts? Implementation of the Reunification Bypass Provision of ASFA
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Berrick, Jill Duerr; Choi, Young; D'Andrade, Amy; Frame, Laura – Child Welfare, 2008
The Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) of 1997 includes provisions to deny reunification services under specified conditions and gives states latitude to develop any number of additional "aggravated circumstances" in which parents need not be offered services. California legislators have developed a relatively large number of…
Descriptors: Case Records, Courts, Focus Groups, Child Welfare
"Children in Placement" (CIP): A Model for Citizen-Judicial Review.
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Wert, E. Sue; And Others – Child Welfare, 1986
Reports on the impact of the Children in Placement (CIP) program. CIP was found to expedite through the court the movement of children in foster care to more permanent placement. The program was used as an approach in an effort to better implement the 1980 Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act (P.L. 96-272). (BB)
Descriptors: Adoption, Courts, Foster Care, Hearings