2021 Kids Count Data Book
The 32nd edition of the Annie E. Casey Foundation's KIDS COUNT Data Book describes how children across the United States were faring before - and during - the coronavirus pandemic.
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State-level Data for Understanding Child Welfare in the United States
Report December 4, 2024
This comprehensive child welfare resource from Child Trends provides state and national data on child maltreatment, foster care, kinship caregiving, permanency, and older youth in care. The data are essential to help policymakers understand how many children and youth come in contact with the child welfare system, and why. States can use this information to ensure that their child welfare systems support the safety, stability, and well-being of all families in their state.
Ensuring Children in Foster Care get the Supports They Need: Innovating Our Way to Solutions
Blog November 26, 2024
Since 2020, BUILD Initiative has explored how the child welfare system and other early childhood systems (i.e., health, mental health, housing, early intervention, transportation, economic support, early care and education and all the child-and-family serving systems) can align and work together to achieve better outcomes for children and families. According to Dr. Cynthia Tate, who leads the project, several states are developing promising programs, policies, and strategies that can inspire other states.
Authentic Family & Community Engagement CoP: Part 2
Blog November 26, 2024
This is part 2 of 2 of the blog series on Collaborative Leadership and Power Building through Family and Community Partnerships.