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Webinar

Strengthening Families Webinar: Technical Assistance Clinic

June 2019

This webinar featured answers to questions about Strengthening Families implementation and included speakers from CSSP and the National Alliance of Children's Trust and Prevention Funds about new resources and opportunities.

 
Tags: Young Children & Their Families, Strengthening Families
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Policy Paper

What do “Work Requirements” Actually Require? A look at programs that meet families’ basic needs in Montgomery County, Maryland

June 2019

This brief explores work we have done to understand work requirements in Montgomery County, MD. Our goal is to learn what was required of families to apply for, and receive, TANF and SNAP. 

Download the supporting infographic. 

(8 pp)

Tags: Addressing Poverty, Child Welfare, Young Children & Their Families
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Report

Charlie and Nadine H. v. Murphy Progress Report XXIII (July 1-December 31, 2018)

June 2019

This report provides information on the progress of the New Jersey Department of Children and Families in meeting the Modified Settlement Agreement requirements during the period of July 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018. 

(94 pp)

Tags: Child Welfare, Child Welfare Reform Through Class Action Litigation
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Webinar

Early Relational Health: Community Level Strategies for Supporting the Psychosocial Health of Infants, Toddlers, and Caregivers

June 2019

David Willis, MD, spoke with attendees about the importance of relationships as healing and also shared examples of early relational health being uplifted in programs across the country. He answered questions about how to increase the adoption of early relational health in general pediatric practice as well as among non-medical practitioners such as parents, families, child care providers, and in broader communities.

Tags: Young Children & Their Families, National Collaborative for Infants and Toddlers
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Infographic

What do “Work Requirements” Actually Require?—INFOGRAPHIC

June 2019

This infographic demonstrates the extraordinary amount of time required to obtain TANF benefits. NOTE: These public transit directions and commuting times were calculated mid-day, mid-week, using Google Maps. Actual times may vary and this infographic is intended as illustrative.

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(1 pp)

Tags: Addressing Poverty, Child Welfare
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Report

LaShawn A. v. Bowser Progress Report (July 1, 2018 – March 31, 2019)

June 2019

This report examines the performance of the District of Columbia’s child welfare system for the period of July 1, 2018 - March 31, 2019 and determines its progress. 

(165 pp)

Tags: Child Welfare, Child Welfare Reform Through Class Action Litigation
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Brief

Best Practice Brief: Integrating the Promotores Model to Strengthen Community Partnerships

January 2019

This issue brief is meant to provide community leaders and their partner organizations with a deeper understanding of the Promotor Model, including its purpose, history, and contributions to community capacity building efforts.

(27 pp)

Tags: Building Strong Communities, Best Start LA
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Report

Fostering Social and Emotional Health through Pediatric Primary Care: A Blueprint for Leveraging Medicaid and CHIP to Finance Change

June 2019

Nearly half of children under age three in the United States get their health insurance through Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance program (CHIP). With such broad reach, these programs can play a powerful role in steering the course of care delivery by helping to finance effective practices. This report describes a set of strategies and tools that state Medicaid and CHIP agencies, managed care plans, pediatric care providers, and others can use to optimize the social and emotional development of young children through pediatric practice.  

(57 pp)

Tags: Young Children & Their Families, Pediatrics Supporting Parents
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Report

People of the State of CA v. Humboldt County DHHS and Sheriff’s Office (September 1, 2018 – February 28, 2019)

June 2019

This report examines the performance of Humboldt County’s Department of Health and Human Services, Child Welfare Services, and Humboldt County’s Sheriff’s Office for Monitoring Period II (September 1, 2018 - February 28, 2019) in meeting agreements to reform responses and systems to address child abuse and/or neglect reports, and determines progress. 

(74 pp)

Tags: Child Welfare, Child Welfare Reform Through Class Action Litigation
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Webinar

Effective Strategies for Engaging the Pediatric Community

June 2019

Dr. Jill Sells, MD, FAAP spoke to attendees about how to more effectively engage the pediatric community in early childhood partnerships which help families connect to prenatal-to-three supports. She shared ways in which medical providers could be unique assets in the work and helped participants understand realities of the pediatric practice. Dr. Sells explained barriers to medial provider engagement and provided ideas for different roles medical providers could play in the work such as service providers, content experts, advocates, systems connectors, or initiative partners.

This webinar is part of the summer webinar series presented by CSSP with support from the National Collaborative for Infants and Toddlers (NCIT), a project of the Pritzker Children’s Initiative.

Tag: Young Children & Their Families
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