This article reviews the contents and research on the Strengthening Families Program
(SFP), a family evidence-based seven-to 14-session intervention for drug prevention in high …

Over the past 25 years, kinship care placements have risen dramatically, such that when a
child enters into care, child welfare agencies must first attempt to identify safe living …

Background Racial/ethnic disparities are persistent in referrals and removals of children into
child welfare systems. Yet, less is known about disparities in reunification, and how system …

Family evidence-based interventions (FEBIs) are effective in creating lasting improvements
and preventing children's behavioral health problems, even in genetically at-risk children …

From the Preface: This manual, Child Protective Services: A Guide for Caseworkers,
examines the roles and responsibilities of child protective services (CPS) workers, who are …

This article presents a framework for evolving a society that nurtures the health and well-
being of its population. We review evidence that adverse social conditions, including …

Background Family reunification refers to the process through which children and
adolescents under a measure of temporary separation (foster care or residential) return to …

Standardized family‐based interventions are the most effective way of preventing or treating
adolescent substance abuse and delinquency. This paper first reviews the incidence of …

Background An important obstacle for family reunification following child placement in
residential care and other temporary out-of-home care services is the lack of engagement …

The decision to reunify children with their birth parents is one of the most significant
decisions that caseworkers have to make in the child welfare arena. These decisions can …