Developmental Expectations for School Age Children
This brochure contains expectations for school-aged children at different grade levels, including developmental traits and academic requisites. A child’s progress is individual to them, and different children develop at different rates so there will be exceptions, especially for children who have experienced trauma. However, the following lists are general expectations for the average child’s progress […]
New Mexico Leads in Supporting System-Involved Youth, Implementing ESSA
After passing two new bills in January and February of this year, state legislators say New Mexico is leading the way in ensuring educational stability for students who have been affected by homelessness and the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. Bolstered by the involvement of young people with experience within these systems, the two bills […]
Governor Signs Bills For Students In State’s Care
Gov. Susana Martinez has signed two bills that will improve support for students in the state’s care. The legislation was developed in collaboration with young people who have had foster care or juvenile justice experience and their insights were critical to ensuring this legislation would provide meaningful help for system-involved students. Click here to read the […]
Juvenile Justice Standardized Report: Education and Workforce Outcomes of Juvenile Justice Participants in Washington State
This report looks at the education and workforce outcomes of youth who were enrolled in eighth grade in a Washington state public school at any point during the 2004–05 academic year and who have had one or more contacts with the juvenile justice system between the years 1989 and 2011. The three cohorts (status offender […]
2016/2017 Prevention Resource Guide
The 2016/2017 Prevention Resource Guide offers great strength-based tip sheets and Protective Factors in Practice exercises to help build communities and hope for parents when faced with everyday challenging situations. Author(s): Child Welfare Information Gateway Publication Date: 2017 Topic(s): Trauma and Trauma-Informed Practice Resource Type: URL Recommended Audience(s): Agency Leaders and Professionals; Caregivers and Education […]
Child Welfare Enacted Legislation Database
The database on this page allows you to search 2012-2016 enacted child welfare legislation in the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico by state, topic, keyword, status and/or primary author. Topics include adoption, child fatality/near fatality, child protection, child sex trafficking, courts and legal representation, disproportionality, education of children in foster care, […]
National Foster Care Month 2017
It’s time to recognize that we each can play a part in enhancing the lives of children and youth in foster care. Find resources and information to help ensure that their future is bright. Author(s): Child Welfare Information Gateway Publication Date: 2017 Topic(s): Foster Youth Resource Type: URL Recommended Audience(s): Agency Leaders and Professionals, Caregivers […]
Child Welfare Information Gateway
Child Welfare Information Gateway promotes the safety, permanency, and well-being of children, youth, and families by connecting child welfare, adoption, and related professionals as well as the public to information, resources, and tools covering topics on child welfare, child abuse and neglect, out-of-home care, adoption, and more. A service of the Children’s Bureau, Administration for […]
Child Welfare and Local Education Agency Point of Contact Fact Sheets
The federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was signed into law in 2015. ESSA contains key protections for students in foster care that complement the educational stability provisions of the 2008 Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act. Among other things, ESSA requires school districts to appoint “points of contact” (POCs) for students in […]
New Mexico Point of Contact Fact Sheets
The federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was signed into law in 2015. ESSA contains key protections for students in foster care that complement the educational stability provisions of the 2008 Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act. Among other things, ESSA requires school districts to appoint “points of contact” (POCs) for students in […]
