While there have been ongoing calls to reform child welfare so that it better meets children’s and families’ needs, to date there have been no comprehensive summaries of child welfare reform strategies. For this systematic scoping review, we summarized authors’ recommendations for improving child welfare. We conducted a systematic search (2010 to 2021) and included published reviews that addressed authors’ recommendations for improving child welfare for children, youth, and families coming into contact with child welfare in high-income countries. A total of 4,758 records was identified by the systematic search, 685 full-text articles were screened for eligibility, and 433 reviews were found to be eligible for this scoping review. Reviews were theoretically divided, with some review authors arguing for reform efforts at the macro level (e.g., addressing poverty) and others arguing for reform efforts at the practice level (e.g., implementing evidence-based parenting programs). Reform efforts across socioecological levels were summarized in this scoping review. An important next step is to formulate what policy solutions are likely to lead to the greatest improvement in safety and well-being for children and families involved in child welfare. Methods For this systematic scoping review we: 1) conducted a systematic search, 2) summarized the number of reviews published, type of review, and populations included in reviews and 3) thematically analyzed the primary theme and author recommendations for child welfare reform. The Excel data coding file counts the number of reviews in each of these areas.

Users can get data on child care programs and child care expenditures. Background The Child Care Bureau is housed under the Office of Family Assistance portion of the Administration of Children and Families. The Child Care Bureau’s purpose is to promote access to affordable, high quality child care and after-school programs. Through the administration of the Child Care and Development Fund, the Child Care Bureau provides financial assistance to low-income families and oversees the implementation of state child care policies and programs. User Functionality The website provides a variety of information regarding the administration, laws and regulations of the Child Care and Development Fund. All the information is available for download in Word or PDF formats. Users can also view data tables regarding child care program statistics and Care and Development Expenditures. Child care program statistics includes information about number of children and families served, and percentages by age group, race/ ethnicity, payment method or type and place of care. Information is organized by state. All data tables can be downloaded as Excel files of PDF files. Data Notes Data tables are available for each year since 1998. The most recent data available is from 2008.

The Performance Dashboard (formerly Performance Outcomes System) datasets are developed in line with legislative mandates to improve outcomes and inform decision making regarding individuals receiving Medi-Cal Specialty Mental Health Services (SMHS). The Dashboard gathers information relevant to specific mental health outcomes and provides useful summary reports for ongoing quality improvement and to support decision making. Please note: the Excel file Performance Dashboard has been discontinued and replaced with the SMHS Performance Dashboards found on Behavioral Health Reporting (ca.gov).

Data to closed-ended questions (SPSS) and open-ended questions (Excel) from questionnaire of swiss child care centres about the handling of ill childre. N= 249

The Flash report provides monthly performance data on key ACS child welfare, child care, and juvenile justice functions such as children using vouchers for child care, child protective caseloads, and the number of admissions to detention. Each row of data in the Excel file posted to Open Data is a distinct measure in the Flash Report.The columns are the month of the data. Data are updated semiannually in September and April using data from queries of administrative data systems and data provided directly from program areas. A graphic version of the Flash Report is posted monthly to the ACS internet webpage https://www1.nyc.gov/site/acs/about/flashindicators.page For the User Guide, please follow this link. For the Data Dictionary, please follow this link.

The road density was represented by the child care center’s nearest distance to main road and motorway, and the length of main road/motor way within 100~1000-meter buffer zone surrounding the child care center. We also got the data of PM2.5 concentration from 2013 to 2018 and standard Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data from 2013 to 2019 according to the longitude and latitude of the child care centers. This data might help researchers to evaluate the health impacts of road density on child health, and help policy makers to make transportation, educational and environmental planning decisions to protect children from exposure to traffic-related hazards in Australia.The data of registered child care centers were from the website of Australia’s Children’s Education & Care Quality Authority. Data of proximity to main road and motorway of child care centers’ were from google map using R software (version 3.5.1). Data of vectors of the Australian road network were from Open Street Map. The final data includes 16,146 child care centers and 1,002,600 approved children. The presented data allow for spatial aggregations of the child care centers, the proximity to the main road and motorway. This data could be used to analyze the health risk and disease burden for children from exposure to traffic by combining the mortality or morbidity data in Australia. The implementation of the data may help better design and redistribution of child care centers, and assist transportation and environmental planning for the governments. Data of Surrounding road density of child care centers, Australia as the Microsoft Excel file can be freely accessed via the Science Data Bank at http://www.dx.doi.org/10.11922/sciencedb.00728 (last update: 2021-03-23).

The Flash report provides monthly performance data on key ACS child welfare, child care, and juvenile justice functions such as children using vouchers for child care, child protective caseloads, and the number of admissions to detention. Each row of data in the Excel file posted to Open Data is a distinct measure in the Flash Report.The columns are the month of the data. Data are updated semiannually in September and April using data from queries of administrative data systems and data provided directly from program areas. A graphic version of the Flash Report is posted monthly to the ACS internet webpage https://www1.nyc.gov/site/acs/about/flashindicators.page For the User Guide, please follow this link. For the Data Dictionary, please follow this link.

The purpose of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) is "...to protect the best interest of Indian Children and to promote the stability and security of Indian tribes and families by the establishment of minimum Federal standards for the removal of Indian children and placement of such children in homes which will reflect the unique values of Indian culture... "(25 U.S. C. 1902). ICWA provides guidance to States regarding the handling of child abuse and neglect and adoption cases involving Native children and sets minimum standards for the handling of these cases. The regulations implementing the Indian Child Welfare Act provide that Indian Tribes may designate an agent other than the Tribal chairman for service of notice of proceedings under the Act. This directory includes the current list of designated Tribal agents for service of notice: https://www.bia.gov/bia/ois/dhs/icwa.

Contains data on women's smoking status at time of delivery at sub-ICB (Integrated Care Board), Integrated Care Board (ICB), regional and national level. Data is available in Excel or CSV format. Latest data is for quarter 4 of 2022-23.

Excel version of report to City Council required per LL 142

The Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (QCN) was established to build a cross-country platform for joint-learning around quality improvement implementation approaches to reduce mortality. This paper describes and explores the structure of the QCN in four countries and at global level. Using Social Network Analysis (SNA), this cross-sectional study maps the QCN networks at global level and in four countries (Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Malawi and Uganda) and assesses the interactions among actors involved. A pre-tested closed-ended structured questionnaire was completed by 303 key actors in early 2022 following purposeful and snowballing sampling. Data were entered into an online survey tool, and exported into Microsoft Excel for data management and analysis. This study received ethical approval as part of a broader evaluation. The SNA identified 566 actors across the four countries and at global level. Bangladesh, Malawi and Uganda had multiple-hub networks signifying multiple clusters of actors reflecting facility or district networks, whereas the network in Ethiopia and at global level had more centralized networks. There were some common features across the country networks, such as low overall density of the network, engagement of actors at all levels of the system, membership of related committees identified as the primary role of actors, and interactions spanning all types (learning, action and information sharing). The most connected actors were facility level actors in all countries except Ethiopia, which had mostly national level actors. The results reveal the uniqueness and complexity of each network assessed in the evaluation. They also affirm the broader qualitative evaluation assessing the nature of these networks, including composition and leadership. Gaps in communication between members of the network and limited interactions of actors between countries and with global level actors signal opportunities to strengthen QCN.

This data set is contained in an Excel file, so Excel is required to open the data file.

Users can view maps and tables related to child welfare policies in the United States. Background The State Child Welfare Policy Database contains a variety of information related to child welfare policies in each state. Data topics are grouped under three categories: child welfare financing; kinship care policies; older youth in foster care. Child welfare financing provides data on topics such as total expenditures, TANF, Title IV, and medicaid. Kinship care policies includes information on locating kin, guardianship policies, foster care and private kin arrangement s. Older youth in foster care includes information on foster care age limits, placements for older youth, and state-funded independent living transition services. User FunctionalityUsers can search by topic or by state. Data is presented in either a table (for state specific information) or by map (for data topic information). Data is available on a state level. Data tables are available for download in Excel format. Data Notes The data source is clearly labeled, and a link to the data source or to the state's welfare website is provided.

This Program Instruction (PI) provides instruction to States on the June 30, 2015, submission of: (1) the first Annual Progress and Services Report (APSR) to the 2015-2019 Child and Family Services Plan (CFSP) for the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services (CWS), the Promoting Safe and Stable Families (PSSF) and Monthly Caseworker Visit Grant programs; and the Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (CFCIP) and the Education and Training Vouchers (ETV) Program; (2) the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) State Plan update; and (3) the CFS-101, Part I, Annual Budget Request, Part II, Annual Summary of Child and Family Services, and Part III, Annual Expenditure Report- Title IV-B, subparts 1 and 2, CFCIP, and ETV. PI-15-03 (PDF) Fiscal Year 2015 Allotment Title IV-B Subpart 1 Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services Fiscal Year 2015 Allotment Title IV-B Subpart 2 Promoting Safe and Stable Families Fiscal Year 2015 Allotment for Title IV-B, Subpart 2 Monthly Caseworker Visit Funds Fiscal Year 2015 Allotment for CAPTA Fiscal Year 2015 Allotment for Chafee Foster Care Independence Program Fiscal Year 2015 Allotment for Education and Training Vouchers CFS-101 Part I: Annual Budget Request for Title IV-B, subparts 1 and 2, CAPTA, Chafee Foster Care Independence (CFCIP) and Education and Training Voucher (ETV) Program Instructions CFS-101 Part I: Annual Budget Request for Title IV-B, subparts 1 and 2, CAPTA, Chafee Foster Care Independence (CFCIP) and Education and Training Voucher (ETV) Program Form (Excel (XLSX) - 15 KB) CFS-101, Part II: Annual Summary of Child and Family Services Instructions CFS-101, Part II: Annual Summary of Child and Family Services Form (Excel (XLSX) - 15 KB) CFS-101, Part III: Annual Expenditures for Title IV-B, subparts 1 and 2, CAPTA, Chafee Foster Care Independence (CFCIP) and Education and Training Voucher (ETV) Instructions CFS-101, Part III: Annual Expenditures for Title IV-B, subparts 1 and 2, CAPTA, Chafee Foster Care Independence (CFCIP) and Education and Training Voucher (ETV) Form (Excel (XLSX) - 14 KB) CB Regional Program Managers NCANDS State Contact List Annual Reporting of Education and Training Vouchers Awarded (Word (DOCX) - 17 KB) Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.

This Program Instruction (PI) provides instruction to States on the June 30, 2013 submission of the Annual Progress and Services Report (APSR) required under Title IV-B of the Act for the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services (CWS) and Promoting Safe and Stable Families (PSSF) Programs, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) State Grant Program; and the Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (CFCIP) and the Education and Training Vouchers (ETV) Program; and the CFS-101, Part I, Annual Budget Request, Part II, Annual Summary of Child and Family Services, and Part III, Annual Expenditure Report—Title IV-B, subparts 1 and 2, CFCIP, and ETV.

PI-13-04 (PDF)

Fiscal Year 2013 Allotment Title IV-B Subpart 1 Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services Fiscal Year 2013 Allotment Title IV-B Subpart 2 Promoting Safe and Stable Families Fiscal Year 2013 Allotment for Title IV-B, Subpart 2 Monthly Caseworker Visit Funds Fiscal Year 2013 Allotment for CAPTA Fiscal Year 2013 Allotment for Chafee Foster Care Independence Program Fiscal Year 2013 Allotment for Education and Training Vouchers

CFS-101 Part I: Annual Budget Request for Title IV-B, subparts 1 and 2, CAPTA, Chafee Foster Care Independence (CFCIP) and Education and Training Voucher (ETV) Program Instructions CFS-101 Part I: Annual Budget Request for Title IV-B, subparts 1 and 2, CAPTA, Chafee Foster Care Independence (CFCIP) and Education and Training Voucher (ETV) Program Form (XLSX) (Excel 13 KB) CFS-101, Part II: Annual Summary of Child and Family Services Instructions CFS-101, Part II: Annual Summary of Child and Family Services Form (XLSX) (Excel 13 KB) CFS-101, Part III: Annual Expenditures for Title IV-B, subparts 1 and 2, CAPTA, Chafee Foster Care Independence (CFCIP) and Education and Training Voucher (ETV) Instructions CFS-101, Part III: Annual Expenditures for Title IV-B, subparts 1 and 2, CAPTA, Chafee Foster Care Independence (CFCIP) and Education and Training Voucher (ETV) Form (XLSX) (Excel 13 KB)

CB Regional Program Managers and Addresses

NCANDS State contact list

Education and Training Voucher Reporting (DOCX) (Word 19 KB)

Metadata-only record linking to the original dataset. Open original dataset below.