Reports

This paper describes the process used to adapt an evidence based, prevention-focused parenting program, Staying Connected with Your Teen™, for use with foster teens and their relative or foster caregivers.

This interim report is part of an evaluation of Washington State DSHS Children's Administration’s implementation of the Solution Based Casework Practice Model.

This report reviews research and strategy literature related to foster parent recruitment and retention, looks at trends in recruitment and retention, and outlines Washington State's policies and practices.

This report outlines how to use the Type of Count filter used on the Child Well-Being Data Portal count and rate measurements for Investigations & Assessment, In-Home Services, and Out-of-Home Care.

This study provides evidence that children of parents who reported that they were "engaged" (e.g., trusted the child welfare system and/or their worker), had stable housing, and had completed a high school education reunified significantly faster.

In the early 1990s, kinship care emerged as a child welfare model. This brief presents a model based on a "collaborative mode of practice" designed to work for the maximum benefit of children in kinship care.

This report analyzed the results from a baseline survey of Children’s Administration supervisors. A summary of the findings highlights the supervisors’ perceptions of obstacles to helping families, the organizational climate, and job satisfaction.

The 2010 Foster Parent Support Pilot (FPSP) study was designed as the first step in a process to determine whether the Mockingbird Family Model (MFM) could be an efficacious foster care model.

This report provides a brief overview of four parent engagement/mentoring models (Icebreaker meeting, Parent to Parent Program, Parent Mentoring Program, and Parent Partners Program) currently being implemented in Washington State.