Training and Technical Assistance Updates

We feature a new communications guide that aims to help improve the way child welfare agencies and organizations disseminate information, a learning experience from the Capacity Building Center for States based on the stories of those with lived experience with the child welfare system, and a brief listing of the latest updates from the Children's Bureau's technical assistance partners.

• NCWWI Communications Guide
• Capacity Building Center for States' "Then and Now" Videos and Discussion Guide
• Minority Professional Leadership Development Program Seeks Transformational Leaders

• Updates From the Children's Bureau's Training and Technical Assistance Partners

Child Welfare Research

We highlight a report on child maltreatment and the response to it during the COVID-19 pandemic and a brief that discusses the intersection of child welfare and human trafficking.

• Using Data to Understand Trends in Maltreatment and the Response to It During COVID-19
• Foster Care Runaway Episodes and Human Trafficking

Strategies and Tools for Practice

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

• Using a Trauma-Informed Approach With Parents of Color in Family Court
• Engaging Families in Congregate Care

Resources

This section of CBX 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.

• iFoster Partners With Learn to Be to Offer Free Tutoring

• Tips for Helping Older Children and Teens Adjust to Adoptive Homes

Training and Conferences

• New Training Program for Foster and Adoptive Parents
• Conferences