This issue of CW360° is dedicated to exploring holistic views of well-being with a strong emphasis on addressing unresolved trauma as a key to better outcomes for children, youth, and families. Throughout this publication you will find research, policy, and practice strategies that reflect the emerging aspects of this work today.
This issue, created in partnership with the Center for Regional and Tribal Child Welfare Studies at the University of Minnesota–Duluth, reflects CASCW’s belief that the field needs to move beyond this to examine how culture can be used to make a difference in our work with all families.
This issue of CW360° focuses on the many complex pieces of the child welfare reform puzzle.
This issue of CW360° explores the complexity of ensuring access to safe and stable housing and the resulting impact on the well-being of unaccompanied youth and families.
This issue of CW360° explores the impact and implications of the intersection of child welfare and criminal justice involvement on families.
This issue explores the impact and implications of families’ co-occurring involvement in the child welfare and substance use disorder treatment systems.
This issue of CW360° explores permanency and supporting transitions to adulthood for youth in foster care. The issue provides updates to our 2009 issue, titled Permanency or Aging Out: Adolescents in the Child Welfare System. The current issue highlights ways in which our knowledge has grown and evolved over the past decade while also identifying areas still requiring our attention and continued examination.
The focus of this issue of CW360 is supporting birth and foster parent partnerships and fostering collaboration among caregivers for children in care. In this issue, we explore the history and dynamics of these relationships, promising programs to promote birth and foster parent connections, and hear from many folks with lived child welfare experience.
The focus of this issue of CW360º is interdisciplinary collaboration in child welfare — how people, teams, programs, and policies all work effectively together to optimally serve children and families. In this issue, we explore the barriers to collaborative work, strategies to improving partnerships, the benefits of interdisciplinary learning, promising and innovative programming, and the impacts on service delivery for those with lived experiences.