Aug 7, Advance for Nurses: To help improve pregnancy outcomes among young Latina and African-American adolescents, the UCLA School of Nursing developed the Public Health Nursing Early Intervention Program (PHN-EIP) for Adolescent Mothers. The collaborative demonstration project was recently chosen by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as a model program eligible for funding under the Affordable Care Act. Link to Article
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Children’s Rights: We Must Do Better: Child Abuse, Neglect, and Foster Care
American Bar Association: Too often child welfare systems across the country fail to meet the most basic obligations. We must do better. What can you, as a lawyer, do to make a difference?
1: Get Involved in ABA Efforts for Abused and Neglected Children
2: Volunteer for Pro Bono Work on This Issue
3: Assist in Training Your Judges and Lawyers Link to pdf Tip Sheet
Making the Most of Youth Mentoring: A Guide for Funders
July 1, 2012, issuelab.org: Summarizes key research in the mentoring field, to help funders invest their mentoring resources where they can have the most impact. The resulting brief, Making the Most of Youth Mentoring, outlines:
Tips for determining which organizations have the capacity to implement strong mentoring programs;
Tips for recognizing high-quality mentoring programs; and
Tips for making the most of six common mentoring approaches:
Community-based mentoring,
School-based mentoring,
Group or team mentoring,
Cross-age peer mentoring,
E-mentoring, and
Paid mentoring.
The guide includes basic information about each model’s cost and evidence base, as well as “best practices,” and red flags that should be avoided. Link to Guide
National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being: NSCAW II Wave 2 Report
2012: US Department of Health and Human Services. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. The second National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW II) is a longitudinal study intended to answer a range of fundamental questions about the functioning, service needs, and service use of children who come in contact with the child welfare system. Wave 2 is a follow-up of children and families approximately 18 months after the close of the NSCAW I index investigation. Data collection for the second wave of the study began in October 2009 and was completed in January 2011.
Link to pdf Report
ABA Section of Litigation Children’s Rights Litigation Committee Child Sexual Abuse Handout
A two page handout for lawyers suggesting responses when an attorney learns of sexual abuse of minors. Link to pdf Handout
Michigan Title IV-E Waiver Child Welfare Demonstration Project
Submitted to: Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, July 2012
Goals and Hypothesis: Michigan’s waiver demonstration will test the hypothesis that an array of intensive and innovative home-based preservation services tailored to the needs of individual families will prevent child abuse and neglect and decrease entry of children into foster care, and increase positive outcomes for children and families in their homes and communities and improve the safety and wellbeing of children. Over the life of the waiver, we expect a reduction in foster care maintenance expenditures and a commensurate increase in spending for services to safely maintain children in their own homes. Link to Waiver proposal