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The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has launched a funded program focused on preventing adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and promoting positive childhood experiences (PCEs). Although this effort is not related directly to TFSC, it shares a common focus on improving child and family well-being. Several funding recipients are also Thriving Families, Safer Children sites and we look forward to helping broker introductions between local teams.

At the urging of participants in the TFSC Lived Experience Roundtables who have experienced the impact of inconsistent compensation practices, and at the request of TFSC sites that are seeking guidance on best practices, the TFSC Executive Team commissioned an Equitable Compensation Taskforce comprised of LEx leaders to produce this report. It addresses conditions for successful partnership, compensation formulas, models for issuing compensation, and pathways to financial sustainability.

Produced annually, this resource from the Annie E. Casey Foundation presents national and state data across four domains — economic well-being, education, health and family and community — and ranks states in overall child well-being. It is a valuable source of disaggregated data and information about the current state of child welfare and also includes recommendations to improve child care in the United States.

Authored by colleagues at Prevent Child Abuse America, this research paper in the Inter­na­tion­al Jour­nal on Child Mal­treat­ment explores how Thriv­ing Fam­i­lies, Safer Chil­dren sites aim to iden­ti­fy new ways to sup­port par­ents so that fam­i­lies can avoid involve­ment in the child wel­fare system. The arti­cle describes TFSC strate­gies in Col­orado, Nebras­ka, Vir­ginia and Cal­i­for­ni­a’s Los Ange­les County.