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.

Building Upstream Support Strategies for PN-3 Child Welfare Prevention

Archived Meeting Resources November 22, 2024

This recording and slide deck are from the second webinar in the Moving Away from Family Separation: Cross-systems Strategies to Support Young Children and Families at Risk of Child Welfare Involvement webinar series.

Foundations of Well-being: Policy Strategies for Integrating Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health into Child Welfare

Report June 5, 2024

From birth to age 3, the brain undergoes its most dramatic period of growth, as babies learn to think, speak, walk, reason, and interact with others. This brief highlights the importance of IECMH for families in child welfare. It covers key components of the IECMH continuum of care and the importance of integrating ZERO TO THREE’s IECMH Guiding Principles and Best Practices for family support and reunification. Additionally, it suggests policy strategies for states to enhance collaboration between IECMH, child welfare, and other early childhood systems.

Child Welfare and Early Childhood: Cross-Systems Collaboration to Improve Outcomes for Young Children and their Families Webinar Series Report

Report May 26, 2023

This report summarizes the webinar series Child Welfare and Early Childhood: Cross-Systems Collaboration to Improve Outcomes for Young Children and Their Families. The five webinars were held monthly from January through May 2022 and were facilitated by Dr. Cynthia L. Tate, of BUILD.

What Does Quality and Evidence Look Like When You Care About Racial Equity and Families of Young Children in the Child Welfare System?

Archived Meeting Resources August 25, 2022

This session was presented during the BUILD 2021 National Conference.

Child Welfare and Early Childhood: Cross Systems Collaboration to Improve Outcomes for Young Children and Their Families: Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) Opportunities for Early Childhood Programs

Archived Meeting Resources June 2, 2022

These resources are from the fifth webinar of the Child Welfare and Early Childhood: Cross-Systems Collaboration to Improve Outcomes for Young Children and Their Families series.

Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) Opportunities for Early Childhood Programs

Video June 2, 2022

This recording is from the fifth webinar in the Child Welfare and Early Childhood: Cross-Systems Collaboration to Improve Outcomes for Young Children and Their Families series.

Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) Opportunities for Early Childhood Programs

Slide Deck June 1, 2022

This slide deck is from the fifth webinar in the Child Welfare and Early Childhood: Cross-Systems Collaboration to Improve Outcomes for Young Children and Their Families series.

Child Welfare and Early Childhood: Cross Systems Collaboration to Improve Outcomes for Young Children and Their Families: Head Start and Child Care for Children in Child Welfare

Archived Meeting Resources April 22, 2022

These resources are from the fourth webinar of the Child Welfare and Early Childhood: Cross-Systems Collaboration to Improve Outcomes for Young Children and Their Families series.

Head Start and Child Care for Children in Child Welfare

Video April 22, 2022

This recording is from the fourth webinar in the Child Welfare and Early Childhood: Cross-Systems Collaboration to Improve Outcomes for Young Children and Their Families series.