Child Welfare Research

This month, CBX features a policy brief that addresses the Federal budget provisions for fiscal year (FY) 2016 that may support struggling families and communities and a series of issues briefs presenting findings from a study on informal child care in California.

• Benefits to Families in the FY 2016 Federal Budget
• Informal Child Care and Early Learning Strategies
• National Policy on Unaccompanied Child Migrants

• Assessing the Needs of Kinship Caregivers

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.

• Human Trafficking Issue Brief
• Model Practices for Law Enforcement Agencies

• Learning Communities for Trauma-Informed Practice
• Transgender Youth in Child Welfare

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.

• Parent Guide to Child Protective Services

• Coping With Reunification Anxiety
• Documentary on Youth Homelessness

Training and Conferences

• Family and Youth Law Center Continuing Education Program

• Conferences