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National Child Welfare Resource Centers

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Child Welfare Information Gateway

Affiliated Organizatons:
The National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning is funded by the Children’s Bureau/ACF/DHHS and operates out of the Hunter College School of Social Work of the City University of New York. For more information on these organizations, please visit the following websites:

US Dept of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families Children’s Bureau 1250 Maryland Ave, SW, 8th fl Washington, DC 20024 202/205-8769	Hunter College School of Social Work 129 East 79th Street New York, NY 10075 212/452-7000
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National Child Welfare Resource Centers:
The Children’s Bureau/ACF/DHHS funds a total of eleven resource centers across the country - each concentrating on a specific area of child welfare practice. Together they make up the Children's Bureau Training and Technical Assistance Network. Each NRC provides onsite training and technical assistance to States, Tribes, and public child welfare agencies in the preparation and implementation of the Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) process.For more information, download this booklet. One of the resource centers funded by the Children’s Bureau is the National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning. The others are:

National Resource Center for Child Welfare Data and Technology Child Welfare League of America 50 F Street, NW - 6th Floor Washington, DC 20001-2085 Phone: 877/672-4829 or 202/638-2952 Fax: 202/737-3687 E-mail: nrccwdt@cwla.org Web: www.nrccwdt.org	National Resource Center for Organizational Improvement Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service University of Southern Maine PO Box 15010 400 Congress Street Portland, ME 04112 Phone: 800/HELP KID or 207/780-5810 Fax: 207/780-5817 E-mail: clearing@usm.maine.edu Web: http://muskie.usm.maine.edu /helpkids
National Resource Center for Adoption Spaulding for Children Crossroad Office Center 16250 Northland Drive, Suite 120 Southfield, MI 48075 Phone: 248/443-7080 Fax: 248/443-7099 E-mail: nrc@nrcadoption.org Web: http://www.nrcadoption.org/	National Resource Center for Youth Development University of Oklahoma College of Continuing Education 4502 East 41st Street, Bldg. 4W Tulsa, OK 74135-2512 Phone: 918/660-3700 Fax: 918/660-3700 Web: www.nrcys.ou.edu/nrcyd/
National Resource Center for Child Protective Services 2709 Pan American Freeway, Suite I Albuquerque, New Mexico 87107 Phone: 505-301-3105 Fax: 505-271-5295 E-mail: tcostello@earthlink.net Theresa Costello, MA Director Web:http://nrccps.org/	National Resource Center for Community-Based Family Resource and Support Programs (FRIENDS) Chapel-Hill Training Outreach Project 800 Eastowne Drive, Suite 105 Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Phone: 919/490-5577 Fax: 919/490-4905 E-mail: lbaker2@nc.rr.com Web: www.friendsnrc.org
National Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues ABA Center on Children and the Law 740 15th Street, NW Washington, DC 20005-1019 Phone: 800/285-2221 Fax: 202/662-1755 E-mail: mark.hardin@staff.abanet.org Web: www.abanet.org/child/rclji	National Abandoned Infants Assistance Resource Center University of California at Berkeley School of Social Welfare 1950 Addison Street, Suite 104 Berkeley, CA 94704-1182 Phone: 510/643-8390 Fax: 510/643-7019 E-mail: aia@berkeley.edu Web: http://aia.berkeley.edu/
National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare http://www.ncsacw.samhsa.gov This Center is an initiative of the Department of Health and Human Services and jointly funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) and the Administration for Children, Youth and Families, Children Bureau, Office on Child Abuse and Neglect (OCAN). It will develop and implement a comprehensive program of information gathering and dissemination, knowledge development and application and provide technical assistance to promote practice, organizational, and systems change at the local, state, and national levels. For more information, please contact Dr. Nancy Young at 714/505-3525 or nkyoung@cffutures.com. AdoptUSKids http://www.adoptuskids.org This website (a federally-funded national database of children awaiting adoption and families approved to adopt) allows families to search for children and workers to search for families throughout the United States. The site also includes comprehensive adoption information for families and many features to assist social workers. National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/programs/ta_center/index.html The National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health is located within the Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development in Washington, D.C.. Since 1984, the Technical Assistance Center has been dedicated to working in partnership with families and many other leaders across the country to transform services for children and adolescents who have, or are at risk for, mental health problems and their families. Return to top of page

Implementation Centers:
The CB recently announced that five successful applicants were awarded five-year Cooperative Agreements to operate the new Child Welfare Implementation Centers to serve States and Tribes in specific geographic areas. A State or Tribe can request additional information about upcoming Implementation Center activities by contacting the center for its service area or the Federal Project Officer (FPO).

Service Area	Child Welfare Implementation Center
Regions I & II: ME, VT, NH, MA, CT, RI, NY, NJ, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands	Northeast and Caribbean CW Implementation Center Susan Kanak - skanak@usm.maine.edu University of Southern Maine Linda Mitchell, FPO - linda.mitchell@acf.hhs.gov
Regions III & IV: PA, WV, MD, DE, District of Columbia, VA, KY, TN, NC, MS, AL, GA, SC, and FL	Atlantic Coast CW Implementation Center Diane DePanfilis - ddepanfilis@ssw.umaryland.edu University of Maryland at Baltimore La Chundra Lindsey, FPO - lachundra.lindsey@acf.hhs.gov
Regions V & VII: MN, WI, MI, IL, IN, OH, NE, IA, KS, and MO	Midwest CW Implementation Center Mark Ells - mells@unlnotes.unl.edu University of Nebraska at Lincoln Bethany Miller, FPO - bethany.miller@acf.hhs.gov
Regions VI & VIII: MT, ND, WY, SD, UT, CO, NM, OK, AK, TX, and LA	Mountains and Plains CW Implementation Center Susan Ferrari - sferrari@uta.edu Joan Rycraft - rycraft@uta.edu niversity of Texas at Arlington Elaine Voces Stedt, FPO - elaine.stedt@acf.hhs.gov
Regions IX & X: AK, WA, ID, OR, CA, NV, AZ, HI, and Pacific Territories	Western and Pacific CW Implementation Center Regenia Hicks - rhicks@air.org American Institutes for Research Brian Deakins, FPO - brian.deakins@acf.hhs.gov

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National Technical Assistance Support Systems:
The Children’s Bureau/ACF/DHHS has funded four technical assistance spport projects to further enhance specific research and program areas.

National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect Cornell University Family Life Development Center Ithaca, NY 14853-4401 607/255-7799 - Fax: 607/255-8562 e-mail: datacan@cornell.edu	Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children (ICPC) (look in "Affiliates" section on website) Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children American Public Human Services Association 810 First Street, NE, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20002-4267 202/682-0100 - Fax: 202/289-6555
Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance (ICAMA) (look in "Affiliates" section on website) Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance American Public Human Services Association 810 First Street, NE, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20002-4267 202/682-0100 - Fax: 202/289-6555
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Child Welfare Information Gateway
Formerly the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information and the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse, Child Welfare Information Gateway provides access to information and resources to help protect children and strengthen families.

Child Welfare Information Gateway
http://www.childwelfare.gov/
The Child Welfare Information Gateway provides access to print and electronic publications, websites, and online databases covering a wide range of topics from prevention to permanency, including child welfare, child abuse and neglect, adoption, search and reunion, and much more.

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