Highlights

New Resource:

• In-Home Programs for Drug Affected Families

• Immigrant & Refugee Families Resource List

• In-Home Services for Families of LGBTQ Youth

• Tribal In-Home Practice Model Template

• Services for Pregnant & Parenting Youth

Webinar: The Family Development Matrix for In-Home Services; June 20, 2013--2:00 PM EDT

PSSF Annual Meeting, May 2--3, 2013,  Washington, DC.

Upcoming NRC In-Home National Advisory Board Annual Meeting, September 20-21, 2012 Albuquerque, NM

Welcome

The National Resource Center for In-Home Services is a new service of the Children’s Bureau’s national child welfare training and technical assistance network.  NRC In-Home will be a national center of child welfare expertise on in-home services designed to ensure the safety and well-being of children and youth in their homes, prevent their initial placement or re-entry into foster care, and preserve, support and stabilize their families.  The NRC In-Home provides free, on-site technical assistance and training to States and Tribes to build systemic capacity to provide effective family preservation and post-reunification services, through implementation of child welfare best practices and by strengthening systems of care. 

The best place for children to grow up is in their families.  Safe solutions can often be found in partnerships with families and communities so that children can remain in their homes while their families are offered supports and services that engage, involve, support and strengthen them.  These in-home services should be high quality, family centered, culturally competent, and shown to be effective to reduce maltreatment, improve caretaking and coping skills, enhance family resilience, support healthy and nurturing relationships, and foster children’s physical, mental, emotional and educational well-being.

Click here for access to recorded webinars and materials.