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| Document Title: | Synthesis: Child Welfare - Education System Collaborations to Increase Educational Stability Round Two |
| Corporate Author: | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
| Publication Year: | 2018 |
| Abstract: | In 2011, the Children’s Bureau published a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) for Child Welfare - Education System Collaborations to Increase Educational Stability. The 17-month infrastructure-building grants were to support collaborative initiatives among State, local, or Tribal child welfare agencies and education systems to improve educational stability and permanency outcomes for youth ages 10 to 17 years in foster care. |
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| Document Title: | Site Visit Report: Kinship Interdisciplinary Navigation Technologically-Advanced Model (KIN-Tech) |
| Corporate Author: | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
| Publication Year: | 2016 |
| Abstract: | In 2012, the Children's Bureau awarded seven 3-year grants for the Family Connections Grants: Child Welfare/TANF Collaboration in Kinship Navigation Programs cluster. Kinship navigator programs support connections between family members and children and youth who are in, or at risk of entering, foster care by helping kin caregivers identify and access appropriate and meaningful services. The Children's Home, Inc. (CHI) in Tampa, FL and its partners received an award to implement the Kinship Interdisciplinary Navigation Technologically-Advanced Model (KIN-Tech). This project includes several innovative program features, including One-e-App (a one-stop, web-based system to apply for benefits), peer-to-peer navigation (support by other kin...more |
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| Document Title: | Site Visit Report: Arizona Kinship Navigator Project |
| Corporate Author: | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
| Publication Year: | 2016 |
| Abstract: | Organization Description: The Arizona Kinship Navigator Program (AzKN) will be a program of Arizona's Children Association in partnerships with the Arizona Department of Economic Security (DES), Administration for Children Youth and Families (ACYF), and DES Family Assistance Administration (FAA).Use(s) of ACF Program Grant Funds: The AzKN will contribute to the increased safety, permanency and wellbeing of youth in kinship care by providing services to both formal and informal caregivers by achieving the following five objectives: 1. Ensure kinship families have access to benefits which they are eligible; 2. Provide linkage to needed legal services; 3. Navigate existing community support systems; 4. Strengthen kinship families...more |
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| Document Title: | Synthesis: Diligent Recruitment of Families for Children in the Foster Care System |
| Corporate Author: | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
| Publication Year: | 2016 |
| Abstract: | In 2008, the Children’s Bureau published a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) for Diligent Recruitment of Families for Children in the Foster Care System. This announcement identified a need for the development and implementation of national adoption and foster care strategies, data systems, interventions, and training and technical assistance to address the fact that “in 22 States, [there is] a need for more culturally diverse homes (e.g., Native American, African-American, and Hispanic)…” In addition, the FOA noted that findings related to the systemic factors in the Child and Family Services Review process revealed that “30 States had no formal process for analyzing...more |
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| Document Title: | Site Visit Report: New York State Kinship Navigator County Collaboration Project |
| Corporate Author: | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
| Publication Year: | 2016 |
| Abstract: | The Catholic Family Center sought funding for the County Collaboration Project to increase collaboration between the local child welfare and TANF agencies to increase support for kinship families and improve outcomes for their children. Data from the existing NYS Kinship Navigator program indicated the most frequent requests from informal kin caregivers were for financial and legal assistance. These kin caregivers were usually not licensed foster parents and did not receive foster care payments for taking care of the children. Caregivers may be on a fixed income due to reliance on retirement income or Social Security benefits, or they may be underemployed....more |
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| Document Title: | Synthesis: Child Welfare -- Education System Collaborations to Increase Educational Stability |
| Corporate Author: | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
| Publication Year: | 2016 |
| Abstract: | In 2011, the Children’s Bureau published a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) for Child Welfare - Education System Collaborations to Increase Educational Stability. The 17-month infrastructure-building grants were to support collaborative initiatives among State, local, or Tribal child welfare agencies and education systems to improve educational stability and permanency outcomes for youth ages 10 to 17 years in foster care. |
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| Document Title: | Child Welfare—Early Education Partnerships to Expand Protective Factors for Children With Child Welfare Involvement |
| Corporate Author: | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
| Publication Year: | 2015 |
| Abstract: | In 2011, the Children’s Bureau published a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) for Child Welfare—Early Education Partnerships to Expand Protective Factors for Children With Child Welfare Involvement. The 17-month infrastructure-building grants were to support collaborative initiatives between child welfare and early childhood systems to maximize enrollment, attendance, and supports of infants and young children who are in foster care into comprehensive, high-quality early care and education programs. |
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| Document Title: | Site Visit Report: North Florida Child Welfare - Early Education Partnership |
| Corporate Author: | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
| Publication Year: | 2014 |
| Abstract: | In 2010, a group of human services agencies in Duval County, Florida, evaluated the services offered to children in the community who were between birth and the age of 3, and were also involved with child welfare. Although there were services available for school-age children and youth in transition (18 to 23 years of age), there were very few coordinated services available for preschool children. With the Family Support Services of North Florida (FSSNF) as the lead agency, the group focused on providing services for young children in foster care through a 17-month grant within the Children's Bureau's Child Welfare -...more |
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| Document Title: | Site Visit Report: Waterbury Educational Stability Initiative: A Collaborative Response to Trauma |
| Corporate Author: | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
| Publication Year: | 2014 |
| Abstract: | In fiscal year 2011, the Children's Bureau awarded 10 grants to promote collaboration between child welfare and education systems in order to increase educational stability for children ages 10 to 17 and who were involved with child welfare. The Connecticut Department of Children and Families (DCF) received one of these grants to implement the Waterbury Educational Stability Initiative, which provided training on trauma-informed child welfare practice and child traumatic stress to education and child welfare stakeholders, including child welfare professionals, school counselors, parent liaisons, and foster parents. The project also tried to bridge the gap between the schools and law enforcement...more |
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| Document Title: | Site Visit Report: Bridge to the Future |
| Corporate Author: | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
| Publication Year: | 2014 |
| Abstract: | In 2008, the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS), in collaboration with the University of Oklahoma's Center for Public Management (OUCPM), initiated the Bridge to the Future project. It was funded as one the Children's Bureau's eight 5-year grants in its Diligent Recruitment of Families for Children in the Foster Care System grant cluster. Project efforts targeted improved outcomes for children statewide by designing, implementing, and evaluating innovative recruitment and retention strategies for foster/adoptive parents. To support these efforts, partnerships were established with the OKDHS, Office of Volunteerism, Office of Faith-Based Initiatives, Project 1-1-1, and the Oklahoma Tribal community. The OKDHS...more |
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| Document Title: | Site Visit Report: State of Connecticut Department of Children and Families-Early Head Start Partnership, Early Childhood Child Welfare Collaboration Project |
| Corporate Author: | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
| Publication Year: | 2014 |
| Abstract: | In 2011, the Children's Bureau awarded the Connecticut (CT) Department of Children and Families (DCF) a grant to implement the Early Childhood Child Welfare Collaboration Project (ECCWCP). The project was a collaborative effort between the CT DCF, Head Start (HS), and partner programs/organizations. The purpose of the project was to provide staff training to enhance services and case management for families and to build collaborations to help ensure that children in foster care, ages birth to 5, were referred for quality early childhood services. DCF wanted to ensure that children were meeting developmental milestones and that other education-related performance markers were...more |
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| Document Title: | Site Visit Report: Colorado Partnership in Early Childhood Education Services (PIECES) |
| Corporate Author: | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
| Publication Year: | 2013 |
| Abstract: | In October 2011, the Colorado Department of Human Services, Division of Child Welfare (DCW), was awarded a 17-month infrastructure building grant to increase partnerships between child welfare and early childhood education and to better identify children served by both agencies. The project, Colorado Partnership in Early Childhood Education Services (PIECES), is a collaboration between State-level agencies and local agencies within three counties, El Paso, Fremont, and Jefferson. This report discusses findings from a virtual site visit that occurred between February 11, 2013, and April 17, 2013 via telephone interviews. The interviews included several members of the State-level leadership team, including the...more |
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| Document Title: | Site Visit Report: Partners for Forever Families |
| Corporate Author: | Child Welfare Information Gateway. |
| Publication Year: | 2013 |
| Abstract: | In 2008, Ohio's Cuyahoga County Department of Children and Family Services (CCDCFS) received discretionary grant funds from the Children's Bureau's Diligent Recruitment of Families for Children in Foster Care System grant cluster. The funds were used to implement Partners for Forever Families, a partnership between CCDCFS and other agencies and organizations throughout the county that have committed resources to help identify and facilitate connections between prospective resource families and children in foster care. This report highlights the project's work as discussed during a site visit on June 3, 2013, at the Cuyahoga County Department of Children and Family Services (CCDCFS) offices...more |
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| Document Title: | Site Visit Report: Improving Educational Well-Being Outcomes of Children |
| Corporate Author: | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
| Publication Year: | 2013 |
| Abstract: | This report discusses the activities and outcomes of a federally funded grant used to improve the educational stability and permanency outcomes for children being serviced by the Allegheny County Department of Human Services (DHS), the Pittsburgh Public School (PPS) District, and the Allegheny County Family Court. Findings are reported from a virtual site visit that occurred between January 14, 2013, and February 15, 2013, via phone interviews and emails with project staff. The two core initiatives of the project were EdMap, which established or improved the technological infrastructure of the project, and the Shared Accountability for Education program that fostered joint...more |
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| Document Title: | Site Visit Report: Kids in School Rule! (KISR!) |
| Corporate Author: | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
| Publication Year: | 2013 |
| Abstract: | This site visit report discusses the findings of an evaluation of the federally funded Kids in School Rule! Program, a collaboration between Cincinnati Public Schools, Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services, and juvenile court to increase school stability for students involved with child welfare or under court-ordered protective supervision. The grant was awarded in January 2012 and the project expanded to 56 schools within the district. As of January 2013, the project is serving 181 students. The site visit occurred January 10 and 11, 2013, and telephone interviews were conducted between January 17-24, 2013. The collaboration is focused on...more |
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| Document Title: | Site Visit Report: Los Angeles Child Welfare-Early Education Partners Infrastructure Project |
| Corporate Author: | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
| Publication Year: | 2013 |
| Abstract: | Using a 17-month Children's Bureau (CB) grant, the South County Regional Office of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) and Long Beach Unified School District Head Start programs are working to increase referrals to and enrollment in quality early childhood education services for children involved with child welfare. The grant is part of CB's Child Welfare Education/Early Education Partnership to Expand Protective Factors for Child Welfare Involvement cluster. The project is focusing on expanding early childhood education enrollment in Long Beach through a partnership involving Long Beach Unified School District-Head Start/Early Head Start (LBUSD-HS/EHS) programs, DCFS...more |
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| Document Title: | CASA Volunteers as Educational Advocates, System Liaisons, Facilitators, and Role Models. |
| Corporate Author: | Child Welfare Information Gateway. |
| Publication Year: | 2013 |
| Abstract: | This report discusses a project designed to utilize volunteers form the existing Utah State Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program to gather information about the education status of children in foster care and, if needed, serve as education advocates for them. During the project, CASAs used a one-page form developed by the project to collect education information about the children in their care and completed the form before each review hearing. CASAs are not required to provide education advocacy for the children they support, but they are encouraged to by the project when need arises. When the project began there were...more |
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| Document Title: | Site Visit Report: Solano County Project HOPE |
| Corporate Author: | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
| Publication Year: | 2013 |
| Abstract: | As part of a 17-month Children’s Bureau (CB) grant awarded in 2011, the Solano County (California) Office of Education (SCOE) and the Child Welfare Services (CWS) division of the Solano County Health and Social Services Department implemented Project HOPE (Help, Opportunity, Preparation for Education) to improve academic outcomes for youth in foster care. This infrastructure-building grant was part of CB’s Child Welfare/Education System Collaborations to Increase Educational Stability grant cluster. In addition to SCOE and CWS, the Project HOPE advisory group included representatives from juvenile justice, juvenile probation, foster home providers, juvenile court, mental health, Solano County Community College, foster parents,...more |
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| Document Title: | Site Visit Report: Roots & Wings |
| Corporate Author: | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
| Publication Year: | 2013 |
| Abstract: | In 2008, the County of Santa Cruz, CA, Human Services Department, Family and Children's Services, recognized deficits in three major areas: finding appropriate homes for children in their own communities, providing substantive supports to foster parents, and a lack of permanent homes for children and youth in care. Realizing the crucial need for improvement in these services, Family and Children's Services (FCS) sought diligent recruitment grant funds. The Roots & Wings initiative has the following goals: recruit concurrent foster care and adoptive resource families who reflect the characteristics of the children currently under the county's supervision; ensure resource families are satisfied...more |
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| Document Title: | Site Visit Report: Permanent Families Recruitment Project |
| Corporate Author: | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
| Publication Year: | 2013 |
| Abstract: | In 2008, the Children’s Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded eight 5-year demonstration grants for the diligent recruitment of families for children in foster care. One of those grants was provided to the Ramsey County Community Human Services Department (RCCHSD) to develop, implement, and evaluate a multifaceted recruitment plan and systems change project to increase the number of foster and adoptive homes. The project, titled the Permanent Families Recruitment Project (PFRP) aimed to increase the number of children reaching permanency through adoption, with a particular focus on African-American and Hispanic children and youth ages 12 and...more |
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| Document Title: | Site Visit Report: Broward's Infrastructure Design to Guide and Sustain Permanency for Young Foster Children (BRIDGES) |
| Corporate Author: | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
| Publication Year: | 2013 |
| Abstract: | Using a 17-month Children's Bureau (CB) infrastructure building grant, a group of human services agencies is working to ensure Broward County, Florida's early child learning system is equipped to meet the complex needs of young children in foster care. The project, titled Broward's Infrastructure to Guide and Sustain Permanency for Young Foster Children (BRIDGES), also is focusing on increasing the number of children in foster care who are placed in quality child care or early learning facilities. The partnership consists of Family Central, Inc., of Broward County, FL, in partnership with Broward County's Early Learning Coalition, ChildNet3, the Early Steps Children's...more |
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| Document Title: | Synthesis: Collaboration Between TANF and Child Welfare to Improve Child Welfare Outcomes |
| Corporate Author: | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
| Publication Year: | 2013 |
| Abstract: | The purpose of this grant cluster was to demonstrate models of effective collaboration between child welfare (CW) agencies and agencies responsible for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). Such models of effective collaboration were theorized to result in improved outcomes for children, youth, and families who are involved with CW or are at risk of involvement. |
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| Document Title: | Site Visit Report: Denver's Village: Wrapping Families With Community Support |
| Corporate Author: | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
| Publication Year: | 2013 |
| Abstract: | Denver's Village utilizes Community Based Recruitment Teams (CBRTs) to increase the number of resource families available for placement. The project divided Denver into four areas, with each having its own CBRT, and a fifth CBRT serves the Native American community throughout the city. A Community Outreach Worker (COW) coordinates each CBRT and serves as a liaison between the project and the community. The COWs work with families, community residents, faith-based and community organizations, and businesses to build partnerships, establish community and DHS supports for families, and develop recruitment and retention activities and events. |
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| Document Title: | Family Connection Grants: Child Welfare/TANF Collaboration in Kinship Navigation Programs |
| Corporate Author: | United Ways of California |
| Publication Year: | 2012 |
| Abstract: | This demonstration project will be undertaken in 16 counties across California and is expected to serve a minimum of 13,000 formal and informal kinship caregivers.Organization Description: The United Ways of California, 211 California, and iFoster are partnering to develop a one-stop, comprehensive resource portal of all available services and resources for foster children/youth and kinship caregivers. By combining the assessment, information and referral capabilities of California's 211 network, iFoster's national online community for foster and kinship care, and local community collaborative partners, this project will evaluate the effectiveness, equity and efficiency of a highly scalable and replicable technology solution for providing...more |
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| Document Title: | Site Visit Report: The Linkages Project |
| Corporate Author: | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
| Publication Year: | 2012 |
| Abstract: | The California Linkages project promotes collaboration between California's county-administered child welfare services (CWS) and CalWORKs, the State's program for administering Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). Linkages' goal is to decrease child maltreatment and improve outcomes for children and families by providing necessary services and supports through increased collaboration. The project is coordinated by the Child and Family Policy Institute of California, which is under contract with the California Department of Social Services (DSS). Linkages began in 1999 with philanthropic funding from the Stuart Foundation and expanded its work in 2006 upon receiving a Children's Bureau grant. That grant ended in...more |
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| Document Title: | Site Visit Report: CITC Program: Collaboration Between TANF and Child Welfare to Improve Child Welfare Program Outcomes |
| Corporate Author: | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
| Publication Year: | 2011 |
| Abstract: | The Cook Inlet Tribal Council (CITC) is an Alaskan Native organization that serves the needs of Native people throughout the Cook Inlet region and beyond. In 1971, the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) led to the formation of 13 Native Regional Corporations, both for profit and nonprofit, to manage investment opportunities and health and social service delivery systems for Alaska Native people. Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc., through authority from Cook Inlet Region, Inc., serves the social service and educational needs of Alaska Natives in the Cook Inlet region. Through these services, CITC works to achieve four "Community Outcomes": 1)...more |
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| Document Title: | Site Visit Report: Next Steps Program of Rockland County, New York |
| Corporate Author: | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
| Publication Year: | 2011 |
| Abstract: | This site report discusses the activities and accomplishments of a program designed to help low-income mothers in Rockland County, New York. The Next Steps program is a 5-day-per-week, 6-month program for mothers receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits who have very young children. The project seeks to integrate core services and components of best practices from both TANF and child welfare practice models, and aims to improve child safety and increase family stability and self-sufficiency. Each participant works with the Next Steps Coordinator to develop goals in five primary areas: academics, employment readiness, computer skills, behavioral therapy, and parenting....more |
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| Document Title: | Site Visit Report: Kentucky's Diligent Recruitment MATCH Project |
| Corporate Author: | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
| Publication Year: | 2011 |
| Abstract: | Project MATCH is how the Commonwealth of Kentucky is using Federal discretionary grant funds to engage in diligent recruitment activities intended to find homes for children who have been considered difficult to place. The project team is employing five intervention strategies in an attempt to reduce the length of stay for children in foster care, maintain family connections by placing siblings together, and integrate the knowledge and experiences of current foster parents to recruit potential foster and adoptive parents from the community. The use of both qualitative and quantitative by the Project MATCH evaluation team is intended to provide rich data...more |
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| Document Title: | Site Visit Report: A Parent for Every Child (PFEC) |
| Corporate Author: | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
| Publication Year: | 2011 |
| Abstract: | A Parent for Every Child (PFEC) will find permanent families for at least 50 youth. Targeted youth are legally freed for adoption and reside in a facility licensed or operated by: • New York State (NYS) Office of Mental Health• NYS Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities• Office of Children and Family Services' juvenile justice facilitiesThe target group also includes youth residing in child welfare residential (congregate) care who are available to be adopted and have a permanency goal other than adoption. PFEC will recruit a pool of families willing to adopt these children with special needs and provide training...more |
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| Document Title: | Site Visit Report: Jeffco Community Connection |
| Corporate Author: | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
| Publication Year: | 2011 |
| Abstract: | The Jeffco Community Connection (JCC) project was developed to be a model of system collaboration. Within the Jefferson County Human Services Department, JCC connects two programs, the Federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) and Jefferson County’s Division of Children, Youth and Families (CYF). Funded by a Children’s Bureau discretionary grant, JCC began in 2006 as a new practice for serving dual-system families and established a bridge between the two programs by identifying and addressing service delivery gaps and coordinating services for families. As envisioned, CYF staff provides case planning, family assessment, job resource development, and data-sharing technology while TANF provides...more |
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| Document Title: | Site Visit Report: Louisiana Kinship Integrated Service System (LA KISS) |
| Corporate Author: | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
| Publication Year: | 2011 |
| Abstract: | The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) conceived of the Louisiana Kinship Integrated Service System (LA KISS) project in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, with the goal of improving outcomes for children in kinship care. LA KISS is a multilevel partnership between Child Welfare and Economic Stability and Self Sufficiency (ES) in the Greater New Orleans region of South Louisiana. DCFS recognized the need to reorganize how these two programs interact to better serve consumers returning to the region following the hurricane’s destruction. |
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| Document Title: | National Network of Adoption Advocacy Programs- One Church, One Child; Site Visit Report |
| Corporate Author: | Child Welfare Information Gateway |
| Publication Year: | 2009 |
| Abstract: | This site visit report discusses the findings of an evaluation of the federally funded Virginia One Church, One Child (OCOC) adoption advocacy program designed to recruit families to adopt African-American and other children. Information is provided successful strategies and keys to success for OCOC programs, including supporting families, working with child welfare agencies, building relationships with pastors and clergy leaders, having a church coordinator, having faith, access to training and technical assistance from the National Network of Adoption Advocacy Programs, effective program management, having an advisory board, implementing training for families, employing best practice for model programs, and implementing faith- and...more |
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| Document Title: | Sexual Abuse of Children: Case Finding and Clinical Assessment. |
| Personal Author: | Thomas, J. N.,Rogers, C. M. |
| Publication Year: | 1981 |
| Abstract: | Guidelines for preliminary identification, assessment, and resolution of cases of suspected sexual abuse are provided for use by nurses. Medical indicators of sexual abuse include abrasions in the genital or anal areas; the presence of a sexually transmitted disease; unexplained vaginal or rectal bleeding; inflammations or infections within the genital area; penile swelling or discharge; pain on urination; and pregnancy. Behavioral changes in children that warrant further investigation include manifestations of regression; phobias or fears of apparently sudden onset; running away from home; sudden emergence of sexually-related problems; substance abuse, particularly among adolescents; and extreme depression, hostility, and aggression. If possible,...more |