Training and Technical Assistance Updates

Read about a new issue brief that provides an overview of protective factors approaches to the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect, a guide to administering the Spanish adaptation of the Protective Factors Survey, and other updates from the Bureau's T&TA Network members.

• New Information Gateway Protective Factors Brief
• NRCYD's Youth Port

• Administering the Spanish Protective Factors Survey
• More Updates From the T&TA Network

Child Welfare Research

CBX points to a guide outlining the best international policies to protect children who experience child abuse and neglect, violence, trafficking, and other injustices; a program in New York City that is working to reduce caseworker turnover; and more.

• Best Child Protection Practices From Around the World

• Adoption Competency in Social Work
• Efforts to Reduce Caseworker Turnover

Strategies and Tools for Practice

This section of CBX offers publications, articles, reports, toolkits, and other instruments that provide either evidence-based strategies or other concrete help to child welfare and related professionals.

• Youth Health-Care Coverage Toolkit

• Cross-System Service Delivery Toolkit
• Aligning Engagement Frameworks
• Substance Abuse Treatment for Women

Resources

This CBX section provides a quick list of interesting resources, such as websites, videos, journals, funding or scholarship opportunities, or other materials that can be used in the field or with families.

• Cost of Adoption 2012–2013
• Becoming a Foster Parent in Massachusetts
• Raising Mental Health Awareness Toolkit

• Model Programs Guide

Training and Conferences

• Collaborating With Kinship Caregivers
• 2014 Family Drug Court Learning Academy

• Conferences