How Will Your Child Welfare System Stack Up Against the Laws of Gravity
Capacity-Building Strategies to Strengthen Your Agency’s Foundation Across the country, our child welfare systems are struggling with a lack of experienced staff. Unfortunately, high turnover and vacancies are occurring at a time when there are growing numbers of...
Capacity to Prevent Child Abuse All Year Long
April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. As a former child welfare worker, this month is always a time of reflection for me. In my local office, stress was high in April in anticipation of the influx of reports we would receive as a result of greater community awareness...
Fostering Hope: Rethink Foster Care to Increase Capacity
As soon as I saw the caller ID, I knew I was moving kids that night. The foster family had been hanging on by a thread, and we both knew earlier in the week the placement wasn’t going to be a lasting fit. Almost immediately the entire office began working to find...
