Tag: Policy



Child Welfare Leaders, Policymakers, Young People Gather for National Convening on Youth Permanence

A close look at federal and state policies affecting the barriers to finding permanent families for youth in foster care will kick off the 2006…

Subsidized Guardianship: Collaborating to Identify New Policy Opportunities

This document reports on a December 2006 symposium on subsidized guardianship link-to-event-page, held in Boston, Massachusetts.

Improving the Well-Being of Our Children: Closing the Gap Between Research and Policy

This report reflects ideas generated by a multidisciplinary group convened to explore ways to deepen the synergy between research and policy and, thereby, improve outcomes…

Study Documents that African American Families are Treated Differently in the Child Welfare System

African American children and youth are not only over-represented in the nation’s child welfare systems, but are also subjected to poorer treatment within those systems…

Racial Equity and Subsidized Guardianship: Critical Issues in Child Welfare Policy

This brief provides a general overview of issues related to racial equity and subsidized guardianship raised by national experts at a 2005 conference sponsored by…

Opportunities for Child Welfare Reform: A Roundtable on the Recommendations of the Pew Commission

This forum provided an opportunity to discuss the 2004 recommendations of the Pew Commission on Children in Foster Care to overhaul the nation’s foster care…

Subsidized Guardianship: Collaborating to Identify New Policy Initiatives

The event served as a working session on policy analysis and a review of funding strategies available to state agencies to support children placed with…

A Legislative Briefing: Achieving Lifelong Families

This briefing presented a unique opportunity for lawmakers, legislative staff, policymakers, advocates, judges, and attorneys to learn how children in foster care can achieve better…

Moving Forward! A Symposium on Subsidized Guardianship

This symposium drew upon the experience and expertise of caregivers and youth, advocates, researchers, and state and local child welfare leaders to collectively assess the…

Making Permanence a Reality for Children in Foster Care: Strengthening Policy at the Federal Level

Report on permanency for children and youths in foster care. This report focuses only on children already in foster care and describes important recommendations to…

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