RESOURCE COLLECTION

Celebrate the 5-Year Anniversary of the Family First Prevention Services Act

This February marks the 5-year anniversary of the signing of the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA). Since its enactment, FFPSA has helped to significantly change how agencies across the country provide services to families, children, and youth involved in the child welfare system.

FFPSA has helped shift the system to focus on keeping children with their families; prevent the need for out-of-home care; and provide families with greater access to mental health services, substance use treatment, and resources to support improved parenting skills.

In celebration of the role that FFPSA has played in primary prevention and its impact on the foster care system, we’ve put together a special resource collection and podcast playlist. Use these resources to prepare for round 4 of the Child and Family Services Reviews and listen to the playlist all month long.

FFPSA Anniversary Resource Collection

• Family First Prevention Services Act
  This webpage provides guidance on the role of FFPSA in primary prevention, its impact on the foster care system, shifts in court involvement, and the effects on older youth in out-of-home care who will transition out of foster care.
  
  
• Impact of Kinship Care on Permanency Outcomes
  These resources provide information on practices and programs to support stability and positive outcomes for children in kinship care. 
  
  
• Equity and Inclusion for Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention
  Families of color are more likely to be investigated for child abuse or neglect, and children of color have the greatest odds of being removed from their homes and placed in out-of-home care. Learn more about prevention programs aimed at reducing harm and advancing racial equity.
  
  

FFPSA Anniversary Podcast Playlist

Listen to a collection of conversations about FFPSA, including tips, different implementation approaches, updates, and stories of success.   This podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and SoundCloud.

Episode 49: A Guide to Implementing Family First

Features a conversation about a guide developed by a coalition of organizations to help agencies implement FFPSA.

Episode 50: Family First - Title IV-E Prevention Plan Implementation Updates, Part 1

Presents part 1 of a Children’s Bureau webinar, “Title IV-E Prevention Plan Implementation Updates,” which provides child welfare leaders and their partners with perspectives, tips, and guidance on developing and implementing prevention plans to support their unique needs while taking advantage of the provisions within FFPSA.

Episode 51: Family First – Title IV-E Prevention Plan Implementation Updates, Part 2

Shares the second half of “Title IV-E Prevention Plan Implementation Updates.” It includes tips to aid prevention plan developers as they shape their plans to align with FFPSA.

Episode 52: Creating a Family First Prevention Plan - Washington, DC

This episode provides the historical background, strategies, and guidance the District of Columbia’s child welfare agency applied in developing its prevention plan. 

Episode 53: Creating a Family First Prevention Plan - Utah

This episode provides the historical background, strategies, and decision-making Utah applied in developing its prevention plan.

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