Adoption Research Web Sites
Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF)
701 St. Paul Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
The Annie E. Casey Foundation works to build better futures for disadvantaged children and their families. The primary mission of the Foundation is to foster public policies, human service reforms, and community supports that meet the needs of today's vulnerable children and families.
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Center for Adoption Research
Reed, Rose & Gordon
196 Maple Street
Shrewsbury, MA 01545
The Center for Adoption Research is a 5-campus program of the University of Massachusetts, based at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester. The Center is dedicated to assisting families and professionals by providing independent research, evaluation, and education to improve the lives of children in adoptive and foster families.
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Child Welfare Information Gateway
Children's Bureau/ACYF
1250 Maryland Avenue, SW -- Eighth Floor
Washington, DC 20024
Child Welfare Information Gateway connects professionals and the general public to information and resources targeted to the safety, permanency, and well-being of children and families.
A service of the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Child Welfare Information Gateway provides access to programs, research, laws and policies, training resources, statistics, and much more.
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Child Welfare Research Center (CWRC)
University of California at Berkeley/School of Social Welfare
120 Haviland Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-7400
The Child Welfare Research Center (CWRC) provides research on a variety of child welfare issues including adoption, case management, foster care, and welfare reform. For access to information on current and archived projects, please see http://cssr.berkeley.edu/research_units/cwrc/projects.html.
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Children and Family Research Center (CFRC)
1203 W. Oregon
Urbana, IL 61801
The Children and Family Research Center (CFRC) is dedicated to supporting and conducting research that contributes to keeping children safe, assuring permanent homes for children, and supporting child and family well-being.
The CFRC is an independent research organization created at the School of Social Work by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS).
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Children's Bureau (CB)
1250 Maryland Avenue, SW
Eighth Floor
Washington, DC 20024
The Children's Bureau, the oldest Federal agency for children and families, is located within the Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families. The Bureau is responsible for assisting States in the delivery of child welfare services designed to protect children and to strengthen families. The Bureau provides grants to States, Tribes, and communities to operate a range of child welfare services including child protective services, family preservation and support, foster care, adoption, and independent living.
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Institute for Families (IFDU) University of Denver
Graduate School of Social Work
2148 S High Street
Denver, CO 80208
General Scope: The IFDU seeks to enhance the well being of children, youth, and families through research, education, training, and consultation. As an arm of the Graduate School of Social Work, the IF serves as a resource for building professionalism and discovering effective practices and policies for child and family programs.
Training Specific: The Institute provides the following professional development and training services:
- The Child Welfare Stipend Program provides special coursework and field placement opportunities and Title IV-E stipends for MSW students interested in public child welfare. For more information, see http://www.ifduonline.org/.
- Curriculum Development and Training is geared for professionals working with children and families. For more information, see http://www.ifduonline.org/.
- The Institute's Training Program delivers a wide range of competency based training for child welfare workers, foster parents, supervisors and managers; department of corrections and juvenile probation personnel; and health and mental health department staff in more than 20 content areas. For more information and a training schedule, see http://www.ifduonline.org/.
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International Adoption Center at Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children
3300 Gallows Road
Falls Church, VA 22042
General Scope: The International Adoption Center provides comprehensive medical examinations, developmental screenings, and psychosocial interdisciplinary evaluations for internationally adopted children. The Center's goal is to assist each family in allowing their child to develop to his or her maximum potential.
Training Specific: The Center also provides training, four times a year, for pre-adoptive parents. Please contact the Center for more informaton and a schedule of trainings.
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National Resource Center for Child Welfare Data and Technology (NRCCWDT)
2345 Crystal Drive
Suite 250
6th Floor
Arlington, VA 22202
General Scope:The National Resource Center for Child Welfare Data and Technology (NRC-CWDT) provides assistance to States to develop, implement, and improve effective case management and data collection systems and to use data to enable State child welfare agencies, courts and tribes to manage child welfare programs in order to improve outcomes for children and families.
The NRC-CWDT provides technical assistance in the use of data to meet the reporting requirements of the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) and to meet the goals of the Adoption and Safe Families Act, the Child and Family Services Reviews, and other Federal, State, and local legislative requirements, policies and initiatives.
The Center, through its website and other means, also provides for the dissemination of best practices around automation issues such as the development and implementation of Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information Systems (SACWIS). NRC-CWDT, as a service of the Children's Bureau, helps States, Tribes and courts to assure the quality of data collected, provide staff at all levels with appropriate information, and build the capacity to use the information for decision-making in daily practice.
Training Specific: The Center provides training on data use and data management at all levels. This includes the development of customized training curricula and materials, the delivery of training to key staff, and training of trainers to promote system-wide improvements in understanding and using data in policy and practice.
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Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health Department of Child and Family Studies
Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute/USF
13301 Bruce B. Downs Boulevard
Tampa, FL 33612-3807
The Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health was created to address the need to improve services and outcomes for children with serious emotional/behavioral disabilities and their families.
The Center conducts research and synthesizes and shares knowledge; provides training and consultation; and serves as a resource for other researchers, policymakers, organizations, professional socieities, advocates, consumers, and practioners.
The Center is jointly funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, U.S. Department of Education, and the Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
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Urban Institute
2100 M Street NW
Washington, DC 20037
The Urban Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan policy, research, and educational organization established to examine the social, economic, and governance problems facing the nation. The Institute provides information and analysis to public and private decision makers and strives to improve citizen understanding of the issues and tradeoffs in policy-making. Among the Urban Institute's Policy Centers are population studies, communities, health, education, and social policy.
Major Program(s)/Initiatives(s):
- Child Welfare Research Program - http://www.urban.org/toolkit/issues/childwelfare.cfm
Addresses all facets of child protection including support and preservation of families, investigation of abuse and neglect reports, the removal of children from their parents' homes if necessary, and foster care and adoption. Other related topics include research on youth aging out of the child welfare system and marriage and parenting as they relate to reuniting families.
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