Children's Bureau

Children's Bureau Type: Parent organization: Department of Health and Human Services Employees: Executive: Budget: Address: 330 C St SW, Washington, DC 20416 Website: https://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/ Creation Legislation: Wikipedia: Children's Bureau

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Mission The current duties of the Children's Bureau focuses on improving the lives of children and families through programs that reduce child abuse and neglect, increase the number of adoptions, and strengthen foster care.

Services Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention: Initiatives aimed at reducing the incidence of child abuse and neglect. This includes funding and supporting community-based prevention programs that help families before issues escalate. Child Welfare Services: Provides federal support to states, tribes, and communities to operate child welfare services. This includes: Foster Care: Supporting states in providing safe and stable foster care environments for children who cannot remain safely with their families. Adoption: Increasing the number of adoptions, especially of children with special needs or those in the foster care system. The bureau provides adoption assistance, which includes financial and medical support for adoptive families. Family Preservation and Support: Programs like those under the Family First Prevention Services Act which focus on keeping families together by providing resources for mental health services, substance abuse treatment, and in-home parent skill-based programs to prevent the need for foster care. Research, Data, and Evaluation: The Children's Bureau collects, analyzes, and disseminates data through various reports like the Child Maltreatment report, which provides statistics on child abuse and neglect known to child protective services. They fund research and demonstration projects to explore effective child welfare practices. Training and Technical Assistance: Offers training for child welfare professionals, including social workers, through initiatives like the National Child Welfare Workforce Institute. They also provide resources and technical assistance to improve service delivery in child welfare. Legal and Policy Guidance: The bureau provides guidance on federal laws, policies, and regulations related to child welfare, ensuring compliance and helping to shape state and local policies that affect child and family welfare. Support for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care: Programs that assist youth in transitioning from foster care to adulthood, focusing on education, employment, housing, and health. Kinship Care Support: Efforts to support relatives or close family friends who take on the role of caregivers for children when biological parents are unable to do so.

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