ARC Reflections Facilitator Guide for Session Two Behavior Makes Sense The ARC Reflections Training Curriculum walks a facilitator — slide by slide — through each session’s content. Session Two focuses on the three-part sequence for understanding trauma-related behavior: 1) the lens the child or teen is using to understand the world, 2) the need the child or teen is trying to meet with his or her behavior and 3) the child or teen’s ability to recover. Read More
Funding Permanency Services A Guide to Leveraging Federal, State and Local Dollars This guide helps readers brush up on the finer points of child welfare funding. It also highlights how states and localities can dial back costly congregate care in favor of community-based permanency services for children and families. Read More
Family, Friend and Neighbor Care Strengthening a Critical Resource to Help Young Children Succeed This KIDS COUNT Data Book essay explores a common type of child care known as family, friend and neighbor care. It shares real-world initiatives and expert advice aimed at strengthening this child care option. Read More
ARC Reflections Facilitator Guide for Session Six Mirror, Mirror This ARC Reflections Training Curriculum walks a facilitator — slide by slide — through each session’s content. Session six helps facilitators encourage caregivers to build toolboxes for responding to children and teens in difficult moments and helping them develop their own self-regulation skills. Read More
Casey Connects: Winter 2007 Momentum Building in the Quest for Permanent Family Connections This issue of Casey Connects focuses on the quest to ensure that each and every young person exits foster care with a lifelong, caring connection. It’s a movement that is gaining momentum across America. Read More
Building From Strength: Creating Opportunity in Greater Baltimore’s Next Economy This report discusses the impact current economic development has had on the type and quality of job growth in the greater Baltimore region and how raising the bar with a new approach that includes all workers impacts that assessment and future regional economic planning. Read More
Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Results Report This is the first-published annual summary of results from the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI), which began submitting results reports in 2004. These reports provide sites with an opportunity to report detention reform progress and to generate initiative-wide aggregate measures and intersite comparisons to deepen understanding of the overall status of the detention reform movement. Read More
ARC Reflections Facilitator Guide for Session Eight Who Are You? All About Identity This ARC Reflections Training Curriculum walks a facilitator — slide by slide — through each session’s content. Session eight helps facilitators show caregivers ways to support positive identity in children and teens in their homes. Caregivers contribute profoundly to this sense of self, even for children and teens in brief placements. Read More
Improving Outcomes for Children with Special Needs This report outlines what it takes to address the needs of kids with disabilities in the state of Rhode Island and what the consequences are for both children and their families when these systems of care fall short. Read More
Helping Organizations Achieve Successful Leadership Transitions The success and stability of nonprofit leaders make a tremendous difference to the organizations they shepherd and the communities they serve. This discussion paper for small foundations addresses common issues in leadership transitions for nonprofit organizations. The guide includes ways in which small foundations can invest in this area, as well as discussion questions and additional resources. Read More
