The NRCFCPPP offers cutting edge information services to State, Tribal, and other publicly supported child welfare agencies to promote family-centered practices that support the safety, permanency, and well-being of children while meeting the needs of their families. Information is provided in the following formats:
NRCFCPPP Weekly Update - an electronic weekly newsletter provided at no charge to subscribers. Sign up for Weekly Update
NRCFCPPP State Information Response - on an as-requested basis, the NRCFCPPP responds to information requests from States and Tribes.
A Range of high quality Family-Centered Practice and Child Welfare Publications - topically arranged and downloadable for free.
Training Curricula in English/Spanish - downloadable for free:
NRCFCPPP Quarterly Webcasts - focusing on a wide range of family-centered practice and permanency planning related issues, these are broadcast live and then archived on this website.
NRCFCPPP Semi-Annual Newsletter - Permanency Planning Today shines the spotlight on national promising and best practices in the field. It is a web-based publication archived here on this web site.
NRCFCPPP Teleconference Series for State foster care and adoption managers - focusing on a wide range of family-centered practice and permanency planning related issues and coordinated with our partners at CWLA. These are conducted live and then archived on this website.
Please refer to the lists below for information on specific topics
and legislation. If you need information about a topic that we have
not included below, please contact Tracy Serdjenian at
tserdjen@hunter.cuny.edu
Many of the documents listed herein require Adobe Acrobat. If you
do not have this program, you may download it for free by
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Major Federal Legislation Concerned With Child Protection, Child Welfare, and Adoption
This publication from the Child Welfare Information Gateway summarizes the major provisions of key Federal laws regarding child protection, child welfare, and adoption and includes a timeline of Federal child welfare legislation. New features this year include links to the full-text of each act and the Major Federal Legislation Index and Search, which allows users to browse or search the acts included in this publication.
Child Welfare Issues in Congress
These publications from the Congressional Research Office are prepared for members and committees, summarizing issues such as the federal framework for child welfare
policy; the scope of activities, and children and families served, by state
child welfare agencies; child welfare-related hearings; child welfare and related legislative proposals that were
introduced; and child welfare programs for which
funding authorization has expired or is set to expire. Reports are available for:
