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Title IV-E Agency – University Collaboration: Moving Toward Collaboration: Using Funding Streams to Advance Partnerships in Child Welfare Practice by Rick Phillips, Patty Gregory, and Mardell Nelson
This article describes an innovative collaboration between the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (IDHW) and Eastern Washington University (EWU) and the unique directions and support that a university/agency partnership can provide for both organizations. Key features of this collaboration include shifts in funding and staffing strategies that contributed to more flexible services and increased levels of collaboration between IDHW, EWU and other community and state organizations and institutions. This article describes how funding can be viewed as a tool to increase the level of collaboration between systems, thus potentially leading to a breakdown of the traditional service delivery system. Finally, this article describes how an agency/higher education partnership played a key role in documenting the success of a school based program in meeting the emergency assistance needs of children and families, and how program evaluation, like funding requirements, can provide a supportive role in building collaborative relationships. Download Text of Entire Federal Child Welfare Law (Titles IV-B and IV-E), As Amended by The Adoption and Safe Families Act
Posted by the American Bar Association. The documents contain the full text of Titles IV-B and IV-E of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Adoption and Safe Families Act and other related federal legislation that was enacted prior to and since ASFA. The new ASFA-related additions are shown in color text, and the deletions based on ASFA are in strikeout font. Note that this text does not include everything from ASFA, such as amendments to other parts of federal law (e.g., Title IV-D of the Social Security Act changes related to use of the federal parent locator service in child welfare cases) or amendments that go directly into U.S. Code as notes (e.g., the schedule for filing termination petitions). Portland State University Child Welfare Partnership
The Partnership is a collaboration among the Graduate School of Social Work, the School of Extended Studies and the Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS). It is one of the first university-based programs in the nation to integrate child welfare research, training and graduate education into a unified, coordinated effort to enhance services for families and children. IV-E Child Welfare Agency University Partnerships Training Resource Center University of South Florida's Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health
The partnerships between the department of child and family studies at the University of South Florida and other related professional organizations, help present research findings in formats well-suited for key audiences of state and local policy makers, family organizations, researchers and representatives of related service sectors. California Social Work Education Center (CalSWEC)
The California Social Work Education Center (CalSWEC) is a partnership between the schools of social work, public human service agencies, and other related professional organizations that facilitates the integration of education and practice to assure effective, culturally competent service delivery to the people of California. West Virginia Social Work Education Consortium
Title IV-E Child Welfare Agency/ University Partnerships have been established around the country to develop programs in social work education which prepare undergraduate and graduate students for work in public child welfare, as well as to provide high quality in-service training to practitioners in public child welfare agencies. These partnerships have been formed to guide the use of Title IV-E funds in creative ways that bear the intent of the federal legislation while meeting the unique needs of each state. In some states, multi-university consortia have been developed to achieve these goals. West Virginia decided to develop Social Work Educational Consortium (SWEC) to respond to this initiative. NEW Partnership for Children and Families, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
Mission: Foster collaboration between and among county and tribal child welfareagencies in northeastern Wisconsin and to provide a comprehensive competency-based training system for child welfare professionals, for the purpose of improving the condition of children and families. New Mexico State University School of Social Work Title IV-E Project
The Title IV-E Project is a joint partnership between the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD) and the New Mexico State University School of Social Work. This partnership is funded with federal monies available through the Title IV-E Child Welfare Training Program of the Social Security Act. The project serves to both increase the number of social work graduates who seek employment with CYFD and to provide training for existing CYFD staff. The School of Social Work is proud of this partnership with CYFD. The Title IV-E Project is an excellent example of how programs of professional education can serve to reinforce, strengthen and promote the work of vital state agencies dedicated to the protection and advancement of children in their families. Vermont Child Welfare Partnership
A partnership between The University of Vermont Department of Social Work and The Vermont Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services. The project was established in 1993 as a partnership between the Department of Social Work at the University of Vermont (UVM) and the Vermont Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services (SRS) to provide child welfare education and training. In September, 1999 the partnership was expanded to provide training to Vermont's foster and adoptive parents and again in March, 2000 to develop culturally-competent training resources and field-test a community-centered approach to foster parent recruitment and training in Franklin County (Abenaki Project). Funding for this partnership is provided through Title IV-E of the Social Security Act and the University of Vermont and through separate grants and contracts. Nevada Training Partnership
The Nevada Training Partnership is the primary training organization for people working with vulnerable children and families served by public and private agencies in Nevada. As a partnership between the university and public child welfare agencies in Nevada, we offer a variety of services and educational opportunities out of our offices located at the School of Social Work, University of Nevada, Reno. Center for Community Partnerships in Child Welfare
Since 1996, the Community Partnership for Protecting Children initiative has made concerted efforts to change fundamental thinking about how society protects children and to reform our nation's child welfare system. The community partnership approach starts from the premise that no single factor is responsible for child abuse and neglect, and therefore that no one public agency can safeguard children. Children's safety depends on strong families, and strong families depend on connections with a broad range of people, organizations, and community institutions. Social Work Education: Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)
The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) is a nonprofit national association representing over 3,000 individual members as well as graduate and undergraduate programs of professional social work education. Founded in 1952, this partnership of educational and professional institutions, social welfare agencies, and private citizens is recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation as the sole accrediting agency for social work education in this country.
CSWE works to ensure the preparation of competent social work professionals by providing national leadership and a forum for collective action. The main responsibility of CSWE is therefore to promote and maintain the high quality of social work education. In addition, CSWE strives to stimulate knowledge and curriculum development, to advance social justice, and to strengthen community and individual well-being.
National Adoption Information Clearinghouse (NAIC)
The mission of the Clearinghouses is to connect professionals and concerned citizens to timely and well-balanced information on programs, research, legislation, and statistics regarding the safety, permanency, and well-being of children and families. National Staff Development and Training Association (NSDTA)
The mission of the National Staff Development and Training Association (NSDTA) is to build professional and organizational capacity in the human services through a national network of membership sharing ideas and resources on organizational development, staff development, and training. National Indian Child Welfare Association
NICWA is a membership organization including tribes, individuals, both Indian and non-Indian, and private organizations from around the United States concerned with Indian child and family issues. NICWA the only Native American organization focused specifically on issues of child abuse and neglect and tribal capacity to prevent and respond effectively to these problems. Together, our members, board, and staff work to ensure that the most vital resource of Indian people-our children-are protected. Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health
The goal of the Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health (Technical Assistance Partnership) is to support the Center for Mental Health Services' Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program SOC grant communities in their efforts to successfully develop and implement local systems of care. Seven of these communities are tribally affiliated. Idaho Child Welfare Scholars Stipend Student Report Summary 1996 – 2002
The data demonstrates that the Idaho Child Welfare Scholars Stipend program and the University Partnership with IDHW supports the development of a highly employable and knowledgeable workforce in support of child welfare programs in Idaho. In addition, ICWRTC programs and faculty are supporting agency needs and fostering community partnerships in child welfare, while providing large, incremental child welfare labor resources to the state in the form of practicums worked by child welfare scholars.
Other Resources:
2005 Idaho Data Book Online
The Data Book brings together objective information with analysis that considers why the data is important, what progress is being made and what can be done to further improve. This interpretation of trends is intended to help Idaho communities develop strategic agendas for policy change. North Idaho Communities On-Line (NICON)
NICON is a free, community-based regional communications network, offering a range of information services throughout the North Idaho region for the public good. Their mission is to provide an independent communications network for the North Idaho region, providing its residents with worldwide access to education, information, and communication resources, promoting participation in civic life and enhancing the community socially, culturally, and economically. Their vision is that all citizens in the North Idaho region will have access to networked information resources that help make the region a better place to learn, live, grow, and prosper. Idaho Wednesday's Child: An Adoption Promotion Program for Idaho's Waiting Children
Each week, the news anchors of two Idaho television stations introduce a pre-recorded segment of a youth interacting with a news anchor. They may be feeding ducks, working on scrapbooks, painting ceramics or eating ice cream sundaes as they chat about school, favorite sports, a recent award or how long the child has waited in foster care for an adoptive family. This child-specific adoption program is accomplished through a contract between Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (IDHW) and Special Needs Adoptive Parent Services, Inc. (SNAPS), a charitable non-profit corporation. It brings the voices and faces of waiting children into the living rooms of families who might want to adopt them - one face, one story, one dream at a time.
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