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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:

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 Susan Dougherty at susan.dougherty@hunter.cuny.edu

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HOT TOPICS
Adoption Health Care
Assessment Immigration & Child Welfare
Birth Family Issues Independent Living/Transition to Adulthood
Case Planning Indian Child Welfare Issues
Caseworker/Child and Caseworker/Family Visits Interjurisdictional Placement of Children
Child & Family Service Reviews Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare
Child-Only TANF Cases Kinship/Relative Care
Child Safety Latino Issues in Child Welfare
Child Welfare Mediation Legal Issues In Child Welfare
Children & Youth of Color LGBTQ Issues & Child Welfare
Children Missing From Out-of-Home Care Marriage

Mental Health and Child Welfare
Children of Incarcerated Parents Methamphetamine and Child Welfare
Children with Disabilities in Foster Care Mentoring
Community as a Resource Permanency Planning
Concurrent Permanency Planning Placement Stability
Disaster Relief and
Emergency Preparedness
Positive Youth Development
Disproportionate Representation of Children and Youth of Color in the Child Welfare System Post Permanency Services
Domestic Violence and
Child Welfare
Poverty & Child Welfare
Dual Licensure Pregnant and Parenting Teens
Early Childhood Developmental Issues
Education and Foster Care Recruitment and Retention of Resource Families
Evidence Based Practice Residential Services
Faith-Based Initiatives Respite Care
Family-Centered Practice Reunification
Family Group Conferencing Rural Issues in Child Welfare
Family/Child Visiting Siblings
Family Preservation & Support State Policies
Family Search and Engagement (FSE) Substance Abuse and Child Welfare
Fatherhood Well-Being
Fiscal Issues in Child Welfare Workforce Issues in Child Welfare
Foster Care Youth Permanency
Guardianship Youth Voice

LEGISLATION
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:
Child Welfare Issues in the 110th Congress

Child Welfare Issues in the 108th Congress

Child Abuse Prevention
& Enforcement Act (2000)
Strengthening Abuse &
Neglect Courts Act (2000)
Inter-Country
Adoption Act (2000)
ICWA: Indian Child Welfare Act
Promoting Safe &
Stable Families
Ammendments (2001)
MEPA-IEP: Multi-Ethnic Placement Act/Interethnic Placement Provisions
FCIA: Chafee Foster Care
to Independence Act
(1999)
ASFA: Adoption &
Safe Families Act (1997)
CAPTA: Child Abuse Prevention & Treatment
Act (1996)
Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, H.R. 4472
Safe and Timely Interstate Placement of Foster Children Act of 2006 Child and Family Services Improvement Act of 2006
Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2003 College Cost Reduction and Access Act (P.L. 110-84)

Click here to search Thomas (a database of full Federal legislation).

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