Services and Products
How we can help
The Center is available to partner with States, Tribes, and other members of the Children’s Bureaus’ Training and Technical Assistance Network to work with staff and stakeholders in all phases of their Child and Family Services Reviews (CFSR) process. We help to identify strengths, needs, and actions that can be taken to improve outcomes for children. Assistance includes:
- Analyzing Adoption and Permanency Options
The Center will review CFSR Statewide Assessments, Final Reports, and Program Improvement Plans (PIPs). The Center will also provide feedback on how it might provide technical assistance, training, tools, and materials to help States and Tribes plan and implement changes in practice, programs, policies, and systems to ensure timely adoption or other permanent family connections for children and youth. - Exploring Systemic Factors
The Center will assist States and Tribes in exploring how all systemic factors effect timely permanency, especially adoption. - Increasing Cultural Competence
Children of color are disproportionately represented in the child welfare system and among those waiting to be adopted. Center staff can help States reach out to communities of color to increase adoptions of children from those communities. Using a community-based approach, the Center will help States design programs to build relationships in communities to better address the needs of children and families of color. The Center also has experience helping States work to fully implement the Multiethnic Placement Act as amended by the Interethnic Adoption Provision, and achieve adoptions in the context of Tribal traditions and the Indian Child Welfare Act. - Promoting Stakeholder Involvement
The Center can help States and Tribes work effectively with other teams and systems of service (child protective services, intake, foster care, mental health, schools, etc.) to achieve timely adoptions. - Training and Technical Assistance
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Curricula are available on assessment and preparation of children and families for adoption, cultural competency in child welfare, and adoption support and preservation services. For technical assistance, contact: John Levesque, Director of Technical Assistance Phone: (207) 809-0041, E-mail: jlevesq7@maine.rr.com
Products
Spaulding offers a wide range of child welfare products including Curricula, Resource Materials and Tools. Topics include Cultural Competency, Child Assessment & Preparation, Parent Recruitment & Training and Professional Resources as well as products for families and children. To see our complete list of products, download a copy of the CS – January 2011. To place your order, download a copy of our CS- Order Form 2011 and forward the completed form with payment to:
Spaulding for Children
16250 Northland Drive, Suite 120
Southfield, MI 48075
Attn: Product Sales Team
For more information, contact Jamie Arthurs at jarthurs@spaulding.org or 248-443-7080.
