Child Welfare
Best Bets
- America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2006
This report presents 2006 data on the well-being of children and families and key indicators of continuing interest that measure critical aspects of children's lives in America. - US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance, Child Care Bureau
The Child Care Bureau supports low-income working families through child care financial assistance and promotes children's learning by improving the quality of early care and education and afterschool programs. This Bureau became part of the Office of Family Assistance (OFA) which now allows for gre ...
External Resources
- Responding to Alcohol and Other Drug Problems in Child Welfare: Weaving Together Practice and Policy (PDF 582 KB)
This report is a resource guide for the important work that must be done to protect children and strengthen families.
Federal Partner: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDPP) - Bridging the Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Systems (PDF 36 KB)
This bulletin describes initiatives that focus on family preservation, early intervention, delinquency prevention, and improvement of the court's response to children's needs.
Federal Partner: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDPP) - Information Sharing and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (PDF 29 KB)
This fact sheet examines juvenile offenders information sharing between law enforcement, schools, child welfare organizations, and health and mental health services.
Federal Partner: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDPP)
see also Child Abuse and Neglect