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Youth Thrive Video Series (Combined)

January 2022

This resource is a combined version of the three animation videos that includes Youth Thrive Overview, The Five Protective and Promotive Factors, and Youth Thrive Changing Perspectives.

Tags: Child Welfare, Youth, Youth Thrive
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Rescuing Child Care: The American Rescue Plan Act’s Positive Impact for Families

January 2023

This report looks at interview data combined with research and analysis from additional sources to understand how families benefited from ARPA child care relief funds, with a particular look at Michigan and North Carolina. This report was co-authored by CSSP and The Century Foundation. 

Visit The Century Foundation for a digital version of this report.

(8 pp)

Tag: Child Welfare
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Report

Help Me Grow: Strengthening Families and Supporting Caregiver Goals

January 2023

The purpose of this paper is to describe how the Help Me Grow Model currently aligns with the Strengthening Families Approach and Protective Factors Framework; how HMG affiliates are currently using Strengthening Families; and how we envision the introduction of goal concordant care (GCC) affecting HMG affiliates’ impact on families’ protective factors.

(23 pp)

Tags: Young Children & Their Families, Strengthening Families
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Raising the Bar: Strengthening Capacity to Advance Racially Equitable Results

November 2022

This paper provides an overview of CSSP’s approach to working with partners and communities to advance racial justice through capacity building and leadership development.

(17 pp)

Tags: Learning & Evidence, Racial Equity & Justice, Equity & Justice
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Beyond Temporary Relief for Families: Lessons from ARPA’s Investments in Child Care & the Child Tax Credit

November 2022

Watch the Center for the Study of Social Policy and a panel of parents and stakeholders discuss the impact of temporary investments made in families last year by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and to hear discussion around what’s needed now: permanent investments in families. The event will synthesized CSSP’s recent research with 45 Black and Latinx families in Michigan, Mississippi, and North Carolina on the impact of ARPA’s short-term investments in the Child Tax Credit (CTC) and child care.

Tags: Addressing Poverty, Building Strong Communities, Young Children & Their Families, Automatic Benefit for Children (ABC) Coalition
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Kevin S., et al. v. Blalock and Scrase, Co-Neutrals’ Baseline and 2021 Annual Report (November 15, 2022)

November 2022

This report provides a current summary of efforts made by New Mexico’s Children, Youth, and Families Department (CYFD) and Human Services Department (HSD) as they work to fulfill the commitments outlined in the Kevin S., et al. v. Blalock and Scrase Final Settlement Agreement.

(111 pp)

Tags: Child Welfare, Child Welfare Reform Through Class Action Litigation
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The Child Tax Credit & Family Economic Security: Findings from the Center for the Study of Social Policy’s Survey of Families with Children

October 2022

To better understand the impact of the expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) on Black, Latinx, and other families of color, and whether it was effectively redressing longstanding and interrelated racial and economic inequities, CSSP conducted a survey in the winter of 2021-2022. This brief summarizes findings from the survey, which complements previously-published qualitative analysis of the impact of the expanded CTC on families and communities. 
 
(6 pp)
Tag: Addressing Poverty
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Anti-Racist Approaches in Health Care: Community Health Workers as Catalysts for Change in Health Systems

November 2022

This report examines the deeply entrenched systemic inequities and generations of discrimination and racism that have resulted in policies and practices that segregate, marginalize, and exclude people of color from opportunities to be healthy. In the health care system, these inequities have led to limited access to health coverage and care and differences in the treatment and quality of care for children and families of color.

Tags: Building Strong Communities, Learning & Evidence, Equity & Justice
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How to Communicate Effectively About Early Relational Health: What It Is and Why It Matters

November 2022

This guide is meant to be a tool to help the many voices supporting and working on Early Relational Health to speak the same language and spread awareness, spark interest, advocate holistically, and accelerate change. 

(39 pp)

Tags: Young Children & Their Families, Advancing Early Relational Health
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Children Concurrently Involved with South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and Department of Social Services: Joint Review Findings

November 2022

This report assesses the experiences of children in the Michelle H. v. McMaster lawsuit who are impacted by both the Department of Social Services and the Department of Juvenile Justice. It is based on a review of the case files of children who were involved with both systems between October 2020 and September 2021, and information obtained through discussion groups held between February and June 2022. The report has been prepared jointly by the Co-Monitors and DSS, with the support of DJJ.

(26 pp)

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