Best Practices in Runaway and Homeless Youth Programs

How have states have begun to exercise the flexibility afforded by Family First Preventative Services Act and what evidence might become available in the future to assess the impact of the legislation?

The Child Welfare League of America in partnership with the Children’s Bureau of the Administration for Children, Youth and Families will host a series of meetings with key researchers and practitioners in child welfare and other related fields.

The partnership will respond to increasing rates of opioid abuse and child maltreatment in low-income, rural communities in upstate New York.

Cancian will use her Fellows award to better understand how the child welfare system interacts with the broader child support and welfare systems.

Maciolek will use this Distinguished Fellows award to learn what current research is revealing about the adoption and implementation of evidence-based interventions in the children’s mental health field.