Child Welfare

Abuse and neglect are enormous societal problems that have profound and lasting consequences on all aspects of a child’s growth, learning, and development. Children who are abused and neglected and become part of the child welfare system, including children in foster care and adoption, are an extremely vulnerable population. In many instances, these children’s experiences leave them developmentally delayed, traumatized, and with serious health and mental health problems. Moreover, these problems are often compounded by the complexity of the child welfare system itself, which focuses, of necessity, much more on issues of safety and permanency than on a child’s well-being. In order to address the needs of this at-risk population, CHCFC participates in the development of new service-delivery models and effective interventions that build strong families and optimize the development of children in the child welfare system.

• Protecting Children in Foster Care: Why Proposed Medicaid Cuts Harm Our Nation's Most Vulnerable Youth (Casey Family Programs)

• Assessment of Factors Influencing the Adequacy of Health Care Services to Children in Foster Care

• Training, Intervention, Education, and Services (TIES) for Adoption