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Pennsylvania Department of Health. n.d.. Local governance leads to strong families and strong communities. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Department of Health, 20 pp.

Annotation: This report looks at the philosophy of Pennsylvania's "Strong Families/Strong Communities" campaign, which stresses the importance of local governance and community strategies to state initiatives designed to preserve families and strengthen communities. It provides descriptions of state strategies and programs that involve community action designed to improve child and family outcomes.

Contact: Pennsylvania Department of Health, Health and Welfare Building, 625 Forster Street, Eighth Floor West, Harrisburg, PA 17120, Telephone: (877) 724-3258 Web Site: http://www.health.pa.gov Available from the website.

Keywords: Child advocacy, Community based services, Community programs, Families, Family preservation programs, Local initiatives, Outreach

Scallet L, Brach C, Steel E, eds. 1999. Managed care: Challenges for children and family services. Baltimore, MD: Annie E. Casey Foundation, 91 pp.

U.S. General Accounting Office. 1997. Child welfare: States' progress in implementing family preservation and support services. Washington, DC: U.S. General Accounting Office, 40 pp.

Annotation: This report describes the nature and extent of states' use of funds for family preservation and support services, and states' plans to assess the impact of these services on children and their families and impacts identified to date.

Contact: U.S. Government Accountability Office, 441 G Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20548, Telephone: (202) 512-3000 Secondary Telephone: E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.gao.gov Available from the website. Document Number: GAO/HEHS-97-34.

Keywords: Family preservation, Family support, Welfare reform

Kelly-Lewis J, ed. 1997. Change and challenge: MCH social workers make the difference. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina, College of Social Work, 116 pp.

Annotation: This conference aimed to provide continuing education to social workers and social work students. It focused on perspectives into MCH social work practice. The main topics were preventing violence in the community, innovative approaches to the changes in financing and delivery of care, becoming a supervisor, family preservation, and psychosocial challenges in serving women and children infected with HIV. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available from the website. Document Number: HRSA Info. Ctr. MCHJ094.

Keywords: Child welfare, Family preservation, HIV infected patients, Health care reform, MCH programs, Management, Public health, Social services, Social work, Social workers, Violence prevention

Briseet-Chapman S, Issacs-Shockley M, comps. 1997. Children in social peril: A community vision for preserving family care of African American children and youth. Washington, DC: Child Welfare League of America, 51 pp.

Annotation: These proceedings summarize the work, strategies, and recommendations of an African American Child Welfare Summit that was designed to come up with solutions for reducing out of home placement of African American children and to come up with an idea for the African American community of the future. Among the topics discussed are: 1) the summit issues and challenges, 2) the African American community of the future, 3) strategies and recommendations, and 4) implications for culturally attuned leadership. An appendix lists participants in the conference.

Contact: Child Welfare League of America, 1726 M Street, N.W., Suite 500, Washington, DC 20036, Telephone: (202) 688-4200 Fax: (202) 833-1689 Web Site: http://www.cwla.org Available in libraries. Document Number: ISBN 0-87868-685-1.

Keywords: Blacks, Conference proceedings, Family preservation, Family support programs, Foster care, Out of home care

Drissel AB, Brach C, ed. 1997. Managed care and children and family services: A guide for state and local officials. Baltimore, MD: Annie E. Casey Foundation, 68 pp.

Contact: Annie E. Casey Foundation, 701 Saint Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, Telephone: (410) 547-6600 Fax: (410) 547-6624 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.aecf.org 1996 version available from the website; 1997 and 1999 versions available in libraries.

Keywords: Child health, Child welfare, Children, Families, Family preservation, Family support services, Guidelines, Health policy, Local government, Managed care, Management information systems, Program evaluation, Program planning, Social policy, State government

American Public Welfare Association, Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health, National Association of State Mental Health Program directors. 1996. Child welfare, children's mental health, and families: A partnership for action. (Rev. ed.). Washington, DC: Georgetown University Child Development Center, National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health, 64 pp.

Annotation: This document advocates collaboration on programs for children's mental health between the child welfare and children's mental health agencies, and the children's families. Section I states their shared core values and guiding principles. Section II lists the core practices. Section III discusses program areas urgently needing joint action. Sections IV and V are about getting started and future plans. Three appendices make recommendations for state and community action.

Contact: National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health, Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development, 3300 Whitehaven Street, NW, Suite 3300, Washington, DC 20007, Telephone: (202) 687-5000 Fax: (202) 687-8899 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://gucchdtacenter.georgetown.edu/index.html Available from the website.

Keywords: Child abuse, Child mental health, Child welfare, Collaboration, Community programs, Cultural competency, Cultural diversity, Family centered services, Family preservation, Health care financing, Homeless persons, Interagency cooperation

Wallin HK, Morrison DR. 1996. Strengthening families: Parenting programs and policies in the District. Washington, DC: Georgetown University, Graduate Public Policy Program; Arlington, VA: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, 2 v. (DC Family Policy Seminar background briefing report)

Annotation: This report provides a brief introduction to issues addressed by a DC Family Policy Seminar in April 1996 which focused on parenting programs in the District of Columbia and was aimed at providing support to parents and families and encouraging the healthy, educational, and emotional development of children. Volume 1 (written by Helena Wallin and Donna Ruane Morrison) briefly summarizes the essentials on several topics. It provides an introduction to some of the key components of effective parenting, discusses current trends in family life, reviews current federal and District programs, and surveys relevant research on the efficacy and outcomes of these programs. Volume 2 provides highlights of the seminar's discussions. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, Georgetown University, Telephone: (202) 784-9770 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.ncemch.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Community based services, District of Columbia, Family preservation, Family support programs, Family support services, Parent education, Parent support services

Whyte R. 1996. Family preservation: An integrated approach [Final report]. Phoenix, AZ: Arizona Department of Health Services, 81 pp.

Annotation: The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) administers family-centered, community-based programs that serve at-risk children and their families. ADHS hired a full-time consultant for the Home Visiting for At-Risk Families Initiative to develop a plan to integrate and coordinate existing home-based intervention services funded by ADHS. The consultant developed home visitation program standards, guidelines, and training modules that were used in planning any community-based programs. This was accomplished in collaboration with a range of other governmental agencies, health care providers, community-based service providers, and families. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Technical Information Service, O.S. Department of Commerce, 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, VA 22312, Telephone: (703) 605-6050 Secondary Telephone: (888) 584-8332 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.ntis.gov Document Number: NTIS PB98-155690.

Keywords: Child Welfare Agencies, Community Integrated Service System program, Family Preservation and Family Support Act, Home Visiting for At Risk Families

U.S. General Accounting Office. 1995. Child welfare: Opportunities to further enhance family preservation and support activities. Washington, DC: U.S. General Accounting Office, 88 pp.

Annotation: This report describes the conditions of child welfare that precipitated new legislation in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (OBRA 1993) that authorized new funding for family preservation and family support services, assesses federal and state efforts to implement its provisions, and highlights areas in which these efforts could be enhanced.

Contact: U.S. Government Accountability Office, 441 G Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20548, Telephone: (202) 512-3000 Secondary Telephone: E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.gao.gov Available from the website. Document Number: GAO/HEHS-95-112.

Keywords: Family preservation, Family support, Welfare reform

Watson K. 1994. Substitute care providers: Helping abused and neglected children. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, 76 pp. (User manual series)

Annotation: This manual and others in the User Manual Series are designed to provide guidance to professionals involved in the child protection system. This manual focuses on serving abused and neglected children who are in family foster care and adoption. It discusses substitute care and permanency planning; the needs of abused and neglected children and how to meet them; systems, networks, and teams; establishing support for foster parents; review and monitoring; a blueprint for family foster care in the 1990s; and issues in adoption. Appendices include a list of foster parent training programs, a glossary, and a list of resources.

Contact: Child Welfare Information Gateway, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, Children's Bureau, 1250 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Eighth Floor, Washington, DC 20024, Telephone: (800) 394-3366 Secondary Telephone: E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.childwelfare.gov Available from the website.

Keywords: Adoption, Child abuse, Child neglect, Children, Family preservation, Family support, Foster care, Manuals

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Human Development Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect. 1993. Ethnicity: Black Americans. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, 30 pp.

Annotation: This annotated bibliography contains abstracts of journal articles, reports, book chapters, and monographs that focus on child abuse prevention and family preservation in African American communities.

Contact: Child Welfare Information Gateway, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, Children's Bureau, 1250 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Eighth Floor, Washington, DC 20024, Telephone: (800) 394-3366 Secondary Telephone: E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.childwelfare.gov $3.00. Document Number: 07-93113.

Keywords: Bibliographies, Blacks, Child abuse, Child neglect, Counseling, Crisis intervention, Cultural diversity, Family preservation, Family violence, Folk medicine, Injury prevention, Mental health, Sexual abuse

Fraser MW, Pecora PJ, Haapala DA. 1991. Families in crisis: The impact of intensive family preservation services. Hawthorne, NY: Aldine de Gruyter, 354 pp.

Annotation: This book traces the development of programs that strive to prevent foster care placements by working with families in crisis. Chapters focus on descriptions and evaluations of intensive family preservation service (IFPS) programs, such as the Homebuilders Model. The characteristics of IFPS programs are compared with other types of family-based (FBS) and home-based (HBS) services. These discussions include findings, especially placement rates, from program studies. Detailed descriptions of treatment strategies and therapists' experiences precede discussions of policy implications for family preservation programs.

Contact: Walter de Gruyter, Inc., 545 Eighth Avenue, Suite 1650, New York, NY 10018, Telephone: (212) 564-9223 Fax: (212) 564-9224 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.degruyter.com/ Available in libraries.

Keywords: Cost effectiveness, Crisis intervention, Culturally competent services, Family preservation, Family support services, Foster care, Intervention, Outcome evaluation, Statistics, Treatment outcome

U.S. Congress, Senate, Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Subcommittee on Children, Family, Drugs and Alcoholism. 1990. Child abuse and neglect: Hearing. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 138 pp. (101st Congress, 2nd Session; Senate hearing 101-1051)

Annotation: This publication presents the text of a hearing before the Subcommittee on Children, Family, Drugs and Alcoholism of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, U.S. Senate, 101st Congress, on September 27, 1990. The hearing examined proposed legislation to authorize funds for certain child abuse and neglect programs, and contains the testimony and prepared statements of both experts and those who have personal experience of abuse and neglect.

Contact: U.S. Government Publishing Office, 732 North Capitol Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20401, Telephone: (202) 512-1800 Secondary Telephone: (866) 512-1800 Fax: (202) 512-2104 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.gpo.gov $4.25.

Keywords: Child abuse, Child care, Child neglect, Child sexual abuse, Congressional hearings, Family life education, Family preservation, Family support programs, Family violence, Parent education, Prevention, Proposed legislation, Substance abuse

Bowlby J, Ainsworth MD, Andrey RG, Harlow RG, Lebovici S, Mead M, Prugh DG, Wootton B. 1966. Maternal care and mental health: A report prepared on behalf of the World Health Organization as a contribution to the United Nations programme for the welfare of homeless children; and Deprivation of maternal care: A reassessment of its effects. New York, NY: Schocken Books, 357 pp.

Annotation: This book includes two reports, Maternal Care and Mental Health: A Report Prepared on Behalf of the World Health Organization as a Contribution to the United Nations Programme for the Welfare of Homeless Children by John Bowlby and Deprivation of Maternal Care: A Reassessment of its Effects by the other authors. Bowlby's report discusses the needs of children orphaned or separated from their families in their own countries. It discusses adverse effects of maternal deprivation, such as mental disorders, and prevention of maternal deprivation through supporting families or creating substitute families. Deprivation of Maternal Care assesses Bowlby's work and provides signed chapters on "masked deprivation" in infants and young children, paternal and maternal roles and delinquency, a social scientists' approach to maternal deprivation, a review of research on the concept of maternal deprivation, and a review on findings and controversy on the effects of maternal deprivation. Bowlby's work provides tables and a bibliography and the other work also lists references.

Keywords: Abandoned children, Child behavior, Child development, Child mental health, Child protection agencies, Family preservation, Homeless persons, Infant development, Juvenile delinquency, Orphans

U.S. Children's Bureau. 1933. Mothers aid, 1931. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 39 pp. (Bureau publication (United States. Children's Bureau); Separate from no. 220)

Annotation: This report details findings of a nationwide survey on the extent of mothers' aid the the United States in 1931. It follows similar surveys conducted in 1921 and 1922, and includes a discussion of the development in legislation, the growth in mothers' aid, and the level of expenditures for mothers' aid by State. It is a publication of the U.S. Department of Labor, Children's Bureau.

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Family preservation, Family support programs, Public assistance, Reports, State legislation

Lundberg EO. 1926, 1928. Public aid to mothers with dependent children: Extent and fundamental principles. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 18, 25 pp. (Bureau publication (United States. Children's Bureau); no. 162)

Annotation: This monograph looks at the principles, history, and administration of mothers' aid legislation beginning with a description of the conference on the Care of Dependent Children—commonly referred to as the White House Conference—called by President Roosevelt in 1909, which was responsible in large measure for focusing on the principle of home care of dependent children. Standards and provisions of mothers' aid laws and maps depicting variations in the provisions by state, are included. It is a publication of the U.S. Department of Labor, Children's Bureau.

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Children, Family preservation, Mothers, Public assistance, Reports, State legislation

Lundberg EO, Milburn ME. 1924. Child dependency in the District of Columbia: An interpretation of data concerning dependent children under the care of public and private agencies. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 160 pp. (Bureau publication (United States. Children's Bureau); no. 140)
   

This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number U02MC31613, MCH Advanced Education Policy, $3.5 M. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.