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SWOK 587: Child Welfare

A guide to the social work resources available at Heritage University

Child Welfare and Social Work

Data & Statistics

Statistics Subpage for Children

About Teen Pregnancy
CDC’s Division of Reproductive Health focuses on issues related to reproductive health, maternal health, and infant health.

 

Child Stats
The Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics (Forum) is a collection of 23 Federal government agencies involved in research and activities related to children and families. 

Evidence-Based Practice

ACT Raising Safe Kids Program
The ACT Raising Safe Kids Program teaches positive parenting skills to parents and caregivers of children from birth to age 10.

California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare
"The mission of the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC) is to advance the effective implementation of evidence-based practices for children and families involved with the child welfare system."

Disseminating Evidence-Based Practice for Children and Adolescents
An APA task force on evidence-based practice with children and adolescents

Incredible Years: Parents, Teachers, and Children Training Series
"The Incredible Years® offers a variety of evidence-based early intervention programs for parents, teachers, early childhood educators, counselors, and other professionals who work with children ages 0-12."

National Child Traumatic Stress Network Empirically Supported Treatments and Promising PracticesThe dissemination of standardized, effective, trauma-informed clinical interventions is a central means by which the NCTSN seeks to advance the standard of care for traumatized children and to increase the nation’s capacity to meet the needs of these children.

California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare
"The mission of the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC) is to advance the effective implementation of evidence-based practices for children and families involved with the child welfare system."

Title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse

Click each program or service for additional information. Visit our Programs and Services Planned for Review page to view a working list of the next programs and services planned for systematic review.

Government Resources

Administration for Children and Families
Working to promote the economic & social well-being of children, families, and communities.

Databses

Child Care & Early Education Research Connections
Explore our collection of gray research literature (e.g., publicly available reports and briefs published by government agencies, and for-profit and nonprofit organizations), peer-reviewed journal articlessurvey instruments, webinars, and descriptions of projects funded by the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation

Policy

KIDS COUNT
Improving the lives of millions of children by advancing sound policy reforms informed by evidence and data. KIDS COUNT® (LA INFANCIA CUENTA™) provides legislators, public officials and child advocates with reliable data, policy recommendations and tools to advance policies that benefit children.

 

National Center for Children in Poverty 
We aim to improve the lives of low-income children and their families by delivering our research to advocates and policymakers seeking to craft effective policies that promote healthy child development, and strong, nurturing families that are economically secure.

Research Reports

Organizations

Center for Native American Youth
"Founded in 2011, the Center for Native American Youth (CNAY) at the Aspen Institute is a national education and advocacy organization that works alongside Native youth — ages 24 and under — on reservations, in rural villages and urban spaces across the country to improve their health, safety and overall well-being."

Child Welfare League of America
Ensuring every child grows up in a safe, loving, and stable family.  Advancing policies and best practices that result in better outcomes for children, youth, and families.

 

Children's Defense Fund
Children’s Defense Fund builds community so young people grow up with dignity, hope, and joy.

Online Resources

Center for Native American Youth
"Founded in 2011, the Center for Native American Youth (CNAY) at the Aspen Institute is a national education and advocacy organization that works alongside Native youth — ages 24 and under — on reservations, in rural villages and urban spaces across the country to improve their health, safety and overall well-being."

 

Child Welfare Information Gateway
Ensuring every child grows up in a safe, loving, and stable family.  Advancing policies and best practices that result in better outcomes for children, youth, and families.

National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse
The goals of the National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse (NRFC) are to provide, facilitate, and disseminate current research and proven and innovative strategies that will encourage and strengthen fathers and families and providers of service.

National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations
The goals of the National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations (NCPMI) are to assist states and programs in their implementation of sustainable systems for the implementation of the Pyramid Model for Supporting Social Emotional Competence in Infants and Young Children (Pyramid Model) within early intervention and early education programs with a focus on promoting the social, emotional, and behavioral outcomes of young children birth to five, reducing the use of inappropriate discipline practices, promoting family engagement, using data for decision-making, integrating early childhood and infant mental health consultation and fostering inclusion

 

OER/OA

International Journal of Child, Youth, and Family Studies

The International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies (IJCYFS) is a peer reviewed, open access, interdisciplinary, cross-national journal that is committed to scholarly excellence in the field of research about and services for children, youth, families, and their communities.

 

Journal of Family Strength
JFS is devoted to presenting theoretical, policy, practice, and evaluation articles on the strengths perspective in family-centered practice to improve services that promote and sustain family systems.

Researching

Center for Poverty & Inequality Research UC Davis
Our research agenda includes four themed areas of focus: labor markets and poverty, children and intergenerational transmission of poverty, the non-traditional safety net, and immigration.

Child Care and Early Education Research Connections
Research Connections is an online library of policy-relevant research for child care and early education professionals.

diversitydatakids.org
Established in 2014 with support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, diversitydatakids.org set out to fill an urgent need for a rigorous, equity-focused research program with a clear mission to help improve child wellbeing and increase racial and ethnic equity in opportunities for children.