This webinar provides an overview of the Family First Prevention Services Act: Implementing the Provisions that Support Kinship Families Checklist that lays out the necessary steps for effective implementation of the kinship provisions of the Family First Act, including kinship navigator programs. 

Power Point Slides

Recording

2019 Iowa Law Review article by Ryan Shellady that examines why due process protections are triggered when child protection investigators offer safety plans and what protections exist for parents subjected to a safety plan across states. The article also encourages legislative change that would require the least restrictive solution available, extend procedural rights to parents subjected to a safety plan, and encourage data collection quantifying annual use of safety plans around the country.

Provides a comprehensive set of recommendations to improve the child welfare system’s ability to combat the impact of meth and many of the other serious issues facing children and their families, from Generations United (2006).