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Building Family Capacity For Family Involvement in Child Welfare

This brief describes steps and strategies that child welfare agencies can use to engage and support family members and build their capacity for meaningful family involvement. In the evaluation of the Systems of Care initiative, one guiding principle—child, youth, and family involvement—was found...
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Building Agency Capacity for Family Involvement in Child Welfare

This action brief, the first in the Systems of Care Family Involvement Series, addresses capacity building at the child welfare agency level and describes strategies for preparing an agency and its staff to engage families effectively.
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Child Welfare Information Gateway Systems of Care

This Web page provides information about the systems-of-care approach. Many children and youth in the child welfare system and those at risk of abuse and neglect have a variety of physical, mental, social, emotional, educational, and developmental needs. Systems of care is a service delivery...
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Addressing the Needs of Vulnerable Families: The Use of Strengthening Families™ in QRIS

A quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) is a systemic approach to assess, improve, and communicate the level of quality in early and school-age care and education programs. The Strengthening Families™ approach, developed by the Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP), is a research-...
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Topic/Subtopic Quality Improvement
Federal and State Funding for Child Care and Early Learning

Early childhood professionals (such as child care providers, teachers, consultants) receive federal and state funding to provide a variety of services to children in low-income working families. Federal and state funding for early childhood services are available through a complex maze of...
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Topic/Subtopic Leadership and Coordination, CCDF Governance and Leadership, System Financing
Understanding Depression: Taking Care of Yourself and Your Family

Use this tip sheet to identify the signs of depression. It can be shared with parents so that they learn how to take care of themselves and seek help when necessary. 
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Topic/Subtopic Family Engagement and Consumer Education, Supports and Services for Families, Social-Emotional/Behavioral/Mental Health, Protecting Children's Health and Safety, Supporting Health and Wellness, Mental Health Services
Summer Programs and the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)

This FAQ document is designed for summer program providers that serve children from low-income families and may be interested in serving families who use child care subsidies, but are not overly familiar with CCDF. A basic introduction to the CCDF program is followed by a resource list of links...
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Topic/Subtopic Equal Access to Child Care, Stable Financial Assistance to Families
Building and Sustaining Child Welfare Partnerships

This brief highlights the importance of interagency collaboration and community partnerships, shares lessons learned by Systems of Care grantees, and describes steps and strategies that child welfare agencies can use to forge partnerships with child- and family-serving organizations and...
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Early Child Care and Education: State and Territory Governance Structures

Federal, State, and Territory governments have engaged in numerous efforts to create a more cohesive early care and education system for children and families. This has resulted in States and Territories creating different governance structures to meet the unique needs of their populations. This...
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Topic/Subtopic Leadership and Coordination, CCDF Governance and Leadership
Guiding Principles of Systems of Care

This Web page includes a list of principles that are important to a successful system of child care. Among these principles are interagency collaboration, individualized strengths-based care, cultural competence, family and youth involvement, community-based services, and accountability.
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