A
Roadmap for Learning: Improving Educational Outcomes for
Children in Foster Care
http://www.casey.org/NR/rdonlyres/FD072CA4-864B-4AE3-8134-D59841FC4508/279/RoadmapForLearning1.pdf
American
Bar Association - Child and Adolescent Health Law
Law related to young children’s health
http://www.abanet.org/child/baby-health.shtml
Law related to adolescent health
http://www.abanet.org/child/teen-health.shtml
American
Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
AACAP/CWLA Collaboration on foster care mental health services
(policy statements on values and screening and assessments)
Chapin
Hall Center in Chicago: Educational experiences of children
in out-of-home care (2004)
http://www.chapinhall.org/ab_g.asp?ar=1372
Center
for Healthier Children, Families & Communities (UCLA)
http://www.healthychild.ucla.edu/PUBLICATIONS/ChildrenFosterCare/AssessmentFactors.asp
Child
Welfare League of America
http://www.cwla.org
Child
Welfare and Mental Health division of CDF
A range of resources available on topics such as child abuse
and neglect, child welfare financing, foster care and education,
domestic violence, mental health and kinship care. The materials
are designed to assist a number of audiences, including
caregivers, service providers and policymakers, in their
efforts to keep children in safe, permanent and stable families
and communities. http://www.childrensdefense.org/childwelfare/
Children,
Families, and Foster Care
The Packard Foundation "The Future of Children"
Winter 2004; Vol 14 No 1
http://www.futureofchildren.org/usr_doc/vol_14_no_1_no_photos.pdf
Comprehensive
Assessments for Children Entering Foster Care: A National
Perspective. Pediatrics. 2003;112;134-142
Cultural
competence in your program
http://www.casanet.org/program-management/diversity/cultural-competence.
htm
Fostering
Futures Awareness Projects, Dr. Sarah Geenan
Fostering
the Future: Safety, Permanence and Well-Being for Children
in Foster Care Pew Commission on Children in Foster Care
http://pewfostercare.org/research/docs/FinalReport.pdf
Georgetown
University Center for Child and Human Development
National Technical Assistance, Center for Children’s
Mental Health
Introducing A Family’s
Guide to the Child Welfare System [PDF]
Healthy
Ties: Ensuring Health Coverage for Children Raised by
Grandparents and Other Relatives
This publication outlines the findings of a national survey
and features
a state-by-state look at Medicaid and CHIP enrollment. Its
companion
guide, Healthy Ties: The Grandparent's and Other Relative
Caregiver's
Guide to Health Insurance for Children, provides answers to
questions
about Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program
(CHIP).
http://www.childrensdefense.org/childhealth/chip/healthyties_fullreport.
pdf
Improving
access to health care for foster children: the Illinois
model. Child Welfare. 2004;83:215-238.
Kinship
Care Resource Kit
The CDF Kinship Care Resource Kit is designed to help
community or
faith-based organization and other committed individuals
help kinship
caregivers access benefits for which they or the children
they are
raising may be eligible.
http://www.childrensdefense.org/childwelfare/kinshipcare/resourcekit/def
ault.asp
Meeting
the Health Care Needs of Children in the Foster Care
System http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/programs/meeting_health_needs/index.html
Mental
Health Needs of Youth in Foster care from the CASA Connection
(article)
http://www.casanet.org/library/foster-care/mentalhealth-[connection-04].pdf
National
CASA's policy on valuing diversity
http://www.casanet.org/program-management/diversity/natcapol.htm
National
Center of Medical Home Initiatives for Children with Special
Needs Web site
http://www.medicalhomeinfo.org/resources/foster.html
National
Foster Care Coalition
http://www.natl-fostercare.org/
National
Resource Center for Youth Development - Improving outcomes
for older youth: What judges and attorneys need to know.
http://nrcys.ou.edu/nrcyd/publications/pubspdfs/improveoutcomes.pdf
New
Findings from the Foster Care Alumni Studies
(Summary of the report, "Improving family foster care:
Findings from the Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study,")
April
2005, MCH Alert
New
York State Permanent Judicial Commission on Justice for
Children (Multiple Publications)
http://www.courts.state.ny.us/ip/justiceforchildren/healthydevelopment.shtml
Newsletters
on Mental Health Issues for Children and Families in the
Child Welfare System
http://www.cwresource.org/publications.htm
Practices
that Mitigate the Effects of Racial/ethnic disproportionality
in the Child Welfare System
http://www.casey.org/NR/rdonlyres/F2CF350A-1A46-4E02-80EA-3746F2A70F20/132/casey_mitigating_disproportionality.pdf
Promoting
the Emotional Well-Being of Children and Families (Policy
Paper No. 2): Improving the odds for the healthy development
of young children in foster care. National Center for Children
in Poverty
http://www.nccp.org/media/pew02b-text.pdf
Research
& Training Center on Community Living, University of
Minnesota - Do we really mean families for all children?
Permanency planning for children with developmental disabilities
http://rtc.umn.edu/pdf/112.pdf
Recruiting
Resource Families
http://www.casey.org/Resources/Projects/Breakthrough+Series+Collaborativ
e/
Serving
Children with Disabilities - Handbooks for Child Welfare
Workers http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/programs/child_welfare_initiative/serving.html
The
J.E. and Z.B. Butler Child Protection Center, at the Children's
Hospital at Montefiore - Disabilities Manual http://montekids.org/programs/cpc/disability/
The
Urban Institute's New Federalism Project
Vera
Institute - Foster Children and Education: How You Can Create
a Positive Educational Experience for the Foster Child.
http://www.vera.org/publication_pdf/241_452.pdf
Voices
for America's Children, Issue Brief - February 2005
Promising
Practices in Child Welfare:Strategic Approaches to Improving
the Well-Being of Children in Foster Care
