Commission Resources and Links

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Resources that provide statistics:

Data on foster care, by State, from the Pew Commission

Child Maltreatment 2001  http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/publications/cm01/outcover.htm\
This report presents national data about child abuse and neglect known to child protective services agencies in the U.S. during 2001. The data were collected and analyzed through the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANS) by the Children's Bureau, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families in the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.  Statistics are provided on victims, perpetrators, fatalities, and services to children and families.  Indiana contributes to the national statistical database through our automated Indiana Child Welfare Information System (ICWIS.) 

KIDS COUNT 2003  http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/
KIDS COUNT, a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, is a national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the U.S. by providing policymakers and citizens with benchmarks of child well-being. 

Trends in Well-being of America's Children and Youth  http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/02trends/HC.pdf  &  http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/02trends/PF2.pdf
Gives a demographic breakdown of abuse and neglect from 1990 to 2000.  Provides statistics on children in foster care from 1982-2000.

America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being  http://childstats.gov

  Other research and publications resources:

Press release on Pew Commission findings

Final report on the Pew Commission

http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/research.html
This site contains links to Administration for Children and Families statistics, data, research, and publications, as well as links to research on services for children and families, clearinghouse databases, financial reports, fact sheets, testimony, program reports, and reports to Congress. 

National Child Welfare Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice  http://www.cwresource.org/publications.htm
The biannual bulletin of the Resource Center provides information on current topics important to the child welfare field such as Mental Health in Child Welfare, Father Involvement, Program Improvement Plans, Trauma and Child Welfare, Community Collaborations in Child Welfare, and Family-Centered Practice. 

The Urban Institute  http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?ID310893
This is one in a series of reports by the Urban Institute on America's Families and focuses on Kinship Foster Care: Custody, Hardships, and Services.

Stuart Foundation, National Convening on Youth Permanence  http://www.stuartfoundation.org/convening.html
This is a summary of the second national meeting on youth permanence funded by the Stuart Foundation.  Work groups presented recommendations in the areas of Changing Attitudes, Best Practices, Recruitment, Implementation, and Research.

Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative  http://jimcaseyyouth.org/resources.htm
Links to research and Best Practices literature

Training and Technical Assistance is available through the National Resource Center for Foster Care and Permanency Planning.
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/socwork/nrcfcpp/training.html

Challenges faced by states in developing reliable data  systems for child welfare  http:www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-04-267T

Foster Kids Count: Census Planning and Implementaion Kit
http://www.trc.edu.edu/kfcctele/orderform.asp
The Kentrucky Cabinet for Families and Children presented a teleconference on their survey of children in out-of-home care.  This link takes you to an order form to order the CD of the teleconference for $25.00.  You may view the presentation, using Windows Media at
streaming.simworld.com/eku/111803.asx
or, using Real Media at
streaming.simworld.com/eku/111803.ram

Connected By 25: Improving the Life Chances of the Country's Most Vulnerable Youth  http://hewlett.org/Archives/Publications/connectedBy25.htm
This paper from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation identifies the four groups of youth at the highest risk of long-term unemployment, incarceration, and social disconnection: high school dropouts, youth involved with the justice system, youth aging out of foster care, and unmarried teen mothers.  It discusses policy directions to help these youth transition successfully into adulthood.

The Art and Science of Community Problem-Solving
http://www.community-problem-solving.net/cms/
Provides some frameworks for community organizing.   Very general content. 

Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative
http://www.jimcaseyyouth.org/links.htm
Provides links to sources on training, legal issues, foster care, and general data on youth.

Child Welfare: HHS Could Play a Greater Role in Helping Child Welfare Agencies Recruit and Retain Staff
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d03357.pdf
Gives particular factors that lead to turn-over & burn-out as well as recommendations to address staffing.

The Unsolved Challenge of System Reform; Condition of the Frontline Human Services Workforce
http://www.aecf.org/initiatives/hswi/report_rev.pdf
Lists various problems encountered by frontline staff as reasons for burn-out and provides list of possible solutions.

The Health of the Human Services Workforce
http://www.brook.edu/dybdocroot/gs/cps/humanservices.pdf
Provides results of a study on economic, social, emotional, and other factors related to job stress and the support needs of the workforce. 
Gives recommendations for improving system.

Administration for Children and Families Research and Publications http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/research.html
Looks at all areas under study by the commission.  

National Evaluation of Family Support Programs
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/core/pubs_reports/famsup/fam_sup_vol._pdf
Looks at the efficacy of family preservation services and family support services on a national level.

National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information
http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/
Gives information or links for all areas under study by the commission.

Emerging Practices in the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/frames/frameset_c.cfm?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnccanch%2Eacf%2Ehhs%2Egov%2Ftopics%2Fprevention%2Femerging%2Findex%2Ecfm
Federal report on practices in prevention.

Promising Practices
http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/profess/promising/index.cfm
Lists practice research for QA, service delivery, prevention, school-based programs, building the child welfare team, & respite.

Standards for Prevention, from Gateway to Prevention Conference, 2003
Standards for Prevention