Breadcrumb
- Federal Resources
Federal Resources
Filter by Agency
- Administration for Children and Families (41)
- (-) Census Bureau (1)
- Children’s Bureau (5)
- Child Welfare Information Gateway (1)
- Family and Youth Services Bureau (2)
- (-) National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (1)
- (-) National Clearinghouse on Families & Youth (NCFY) (1)
- (-) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) (3)
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) (1)
Filter by Department
Filter by Topic
- Bullying (1)
- Children of Incarcerated Parents (3)
- (-) Child Welfare (6)
- Education (1)
- Employment & Training (6)
- Health and Nutrition (8)
- LGBTQ (3)
- Mental Health (4)
- Parenting (3)
- Runaway and Homeless Youth (9)
- Safety (5)
- School Climate (1)
- Substance Use/Misuse (1)
- Teen Dating Violence (4)
- Teen Driver Safety (4)
- Teen Pregnancy (1)
- Teen Pregnancy Prevention (7)
- Trafficking of Youth (2)
- Transition Age Youth (3)
- Violence Prevention & Victimization (8)
- Youth Preparedness (1)
Brief: the Needs of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ) Youth in Child Welfare Settings
A recent brief from the Permanency Innovations Initiative highlights how research is contributing to a better understanding of the needs of LGBTQ youth in child welfare settings. The brief presents findings from qualitative interviews conducted with youth participating in the Recognize, Intervene, Support, and Empower (RISE) project, funded through a grant from the Children’s Bureau to the Los Angeles LGBT Center.
Resource: Running Away from Foster Care
This article highlights a literature review that analyzed the research on prevalence, risk factors, and outcomes of running away from foster care, as well as the interventions implemented to stop it from happening.
Report: Predictive Analytics in Child Welfare: An Assessment of Current Efforts, Challenges and Opportunities
This environmental scan, developed by the MITRE Corporation, explores how child welfare agencies currently use predictive analytics in their work. It describes several agencies’ motivations for using predictive analytics, how their models support casework practice, and the challenges encountered.
Report: Psychotropic Medication Use among Children Who Are Subjects of Child Protective Services Investigations: Does Court Oversight Matter?
This brief examines courts’ roles in overseeing psychotropic medication prescriptions for children who were the subjects of child maltreatment investigations. It also explores the relationship between oversight roles, rates of psychotropic medication use, and rates at which children were re-reported to child protection agencies.
Report: Patterns of Foster Care Placement and Family Reunification following Child Maltreatment Investigations
This brief identifies characteristics of children and families who reunified with parents or family following the child’s stay in foster care, patterns regarding success or failure of reunification, and maltreatment re-reports among children reunified with their families.
Share with Youth: Youth Speak Out: Shared Experiences Help Rural Youth Leaders Connect
This podcast, developed by the National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth, features rural youth leaders who were once homeless or in foster care offering advice on how to engage vulnerable rural youth.