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The Children’s Bureau
Training & Technical Assistance Network
2013 Directory
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Administration for Children and Families
Administration on Children, Youth and Families
Children’s BureauTable of Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 1
National Resource Centers funded by the Children's Bureau:
National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement (NRCOI) ................................. 2
National Resource Center for Child Protective Services (NRCCPS) ............................................................ 2
National Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues (NRCLJI) ............................................................... 3
National Resource Center for In-Home Services (NRC In-Home) ............................................................... 3
National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections (NRCPFC)......................................... 4
National Resource Center for Child Welfare Data and Technology (NRC-CWDT) .................................... 4
National Resource Center for Adoption (NRCA) ......................................................................................... 5
National Resource Center for Youth Development (NRCYD) ..................................................................... 5
National Resource Center for Tribes (NRC4Tribes) ..................................................................................... 6
National Resource Center for Diligent Recruitment at AdoptUSKids (NRCDR)........................................ 6
AdoptUSKids ................................................................................................................................................ 7
The following provide information and T&TA and are funded by the Children's Bureau:
Child Welfare Information Gateway ............................................................................................................. 7
National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN) ................................................................ 8
National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (NCWWI) ............................................................................... 8
Training and Technical Assistance Coordination Center (TTACC) ............................................................ 9
Quality Improvement Centers funded by the Children's Bureau:
National Quality Improvement Center on Differential Response in Child Protective Services (QIC-DR) .. 9
National Quality Improvement Center on Early Childhood (QIC-EC) ....................................................... 10
National Quality Improvement Center on the Representation of Children in the Child Welfare System
(QIC-ChildRep) .................................................................................................................................... 10The following were established to support statutorily mandated programs and provide
services to grantees and are funded by the Children's Bureau:
National Abandoned Infants Assistance (AIA) Resource Center................................................................ 11
National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (FRIENDS) ........................... 11
Five Regional Implementation Centers funded by the Children's Bureau:
Atlantic Coast Child Welfare Implementation Center (ACCWIC) ............................................................. 12
Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center (MCWIC) ........................................................................ 12
Mountains and Plains Child Welfare Implementation Center (MPCWIC) ................................................. 13
Northeast and Caribbean Child Welfare Implementation Center (NCIC) ................................................... 13
Western and Pacific Child Welfare Implementation Center (WPIC) .......................................................... 14
Co-sponsored by the Children's Bureau and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration:
National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare (NCSACW) ....................................................... 14
Sponsored through the Intra-Agency Agreement between the Administration for Children and Families
and the Center for Mental Health Services:
National Technical Assistance Center for Children’s Mental Health (TA Center) ..................................... 15
Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health (TA Partnership) ......................... 15The Children’s Bureau Training & Technical Assistance Network
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Introduction
This booklet summarizes information on the Children’s Bureau Training and Technical Assistance (T&TA) Network,
within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This
directory offers information on the specific focus of each of the 28 T&TA Network members.
The mission of the T&TA Network is to provide a seamless array of services that build the capacity of States, Tribes,
Territories, and Courts to achieve sustainable, systemic changes that will result in improved outcomes for children,
youth, and families. To do so, the Network members provide training, technical assistance, research, information and
referral, and consultation on the full array of Federal requirements administered by the Children’s Bureau.
T&TA Network members also assist State, local, Tribal, and other publicly administered or publicly supported child
welfare agencies and family and juvenile courts to achieve conformity with the outcomes and systemic factors defined
in the monitoring reviews conducted by the Children’s Bureau.
The T&TA Network provides both on-site and off-site T&TA. On-site assistance might cover several weeks or months
and comprise multiple visits; off-site assistance might consist, for example, of conducting a policy review or
responding to a request for materials in a specific practice area. The Network has an open-door policy for making
T&TA requests. Requesters may do any of the following to seek assistance:
 Contact the Training and Technical Assistance Coordination Center (TTACC), which coordinates the
Network’s T&TA requests (see the contact information on page 9)
 Talk directly with one of the T&TA Network members
 Contact an ACF Regional Office (for a list of ACF Regional Offices and the States they serve, visit the ACF
Web site: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/oro)
 Complete the On-Site T&TA Standard Request Initiation Form, which appears on the TTACC Information
Portal at https://www.ttaccportal.org
This directory is also available on the Children’s Bureau Web site: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/tta/index.htm. 2013 Directory
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National Child Welfare Resource Center for
Organizational Improvement (NRCOI)
http://www.nrcoi.org
The NRCOI strengthens and supports State and Tribal
agencies committed to the welfare of children, youth,
and families through T&TA, research, and evaluation.
Its aim is to improve management and operations,
bolster organizational capacity, promote service
integration, and develop supervisory and management
systems that result in improved outcomes for children
and families.
GOAL
Help child welfare agencies refine their management
and operations, expand organizational capacity, and
foster effective and consistent practice, all with the
explicit purpose of improving outcomes for children,
youth, and families
HOW WE HELP
 Provide coaching on the leadership of systemic
change initiatives
 Develop continuous quality improvement (CQI)
systems
 Engage leadership and stakeholders in creating and
using integrated strategic plans
 Involve stakeholders in collaborative systemic
change strategies and ongoing agency initiatives
 Assess and improve training systems
 Implement workforce improvement strategies
 Host four national peer networks
 Present an annual Webinar series, and produce the
Child Welfare Matters newsletter, research, and
other publications
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: Muskie School of Public Service University
of Southern Maine
P.O. Box 9300, 34 Bedford Street
Portland, ME 04104
Phone: 800.HELP.KID (435.7543) or 207.780.5878
E-mail: helpkids@usm.maine.edu
Contact: Peter Watson, Director
National Resource Center for Child Protective
Services (NRCCPS)
http://www.nrccps.org
The NRCCPS provides expert consultation, technical
assistance, and training in all areas of child protective
services, including intake, safety assessment, case
planning, ongoing safety management, removal and
reunification decisionmaking, ongoing services, and
case closure. The NRCCPS helps to build the capacity
of State, local, Tribal, and other publicly administered
or supported child welfare agencies to achieve safety,
permanency, and well-being for children and families.
GOAL
Assist jurisdictions with system and practice issues that
help improve the prevention, reporting, assessment, and
treatment of child abuse and neglect
HOW WE HELP
 Plan and implement systemic changes built upon
implementation science principles
 Provide technical assistance and consultation onsite and off-site
 Develop and deliver resource materials, guidelines,
practice models, decisionmaking tools, and
protocols to increase capacity to ensure staff and
supervisory competence
 Identify and disseminate evidence-based practices
 Provide expertise for practice and decisionmaking
when child maltreatment is accompanied by
substance abuse, domestic violence, and mental
health issues
 Provide expertise on requirements of the Child
Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, Adoption and
Safe Families Act, and Indian Child Welfare Act
 Support peer-to-peer networking for State liaison
officers, Children’s Justice Act grantees, and
Citizen Review Panels
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: 925 #4 Sixth Street NW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Phone: 505.301.3105
E-mail: tcostello@earthlink.net
Contact: Theresa Costello, DirectorThe Children’s Bureau Training & Technical Assistance Network
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National Resource Center on Legal and Judicial
Issues (NRCLJI)
http://www.americanbar.org/groups/
child_law/projects_initiatives/rclji.html
The NRCLJI provides expertise to courts, attorneys, Court
Improvement Projects, and State and Tribal agencies on
legal and judicial aspects of child welfare. Areas of focus
include permanency decisionmaking; adherence to the
Adoption and Safe Families Act, the Fostering
Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act, and
other Federal laws; the court’s role in the Child and
Family Services Reviews (CFSRs) and child welfare
reform; high-quality legal representation for all parties;
performance measurement for courts; data exchange
between child welfare agencies and courts; judicial
leadership; education needs of children in foster care;
training evaluation; legal ethics; concurrent planning;
involvement and empowerment of youth in the court
process; and safety decisionmaking for judges and
attorneys.
GOAL
Achieve safety, permanence, and well-being for abused
and neglected children through improved laws and judicial
decisionmaking
HOW WE HELP
 Assist with agency-court collaborations
 Identify legal barriers to best practice and recommend
strategies to overcome barriers
 Promote legal system stakeholder involvement
 Help develop specific legal and judicial strategies to
address issues identified in a State’s CFSR and
technical assistance package
 Provide tailored training and technical help as
determined by a State’s Program Improvement Plan
and Court Improvement Project strategic plan on a
variety of topic areas
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: 740 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202.662.1746
E-mail: Shante.bullock@americanbar.org
Jennifer.renne@americanbar.org
Scott.trowbridge@americanbar.org
Contact: Jennifer Renne, Director
Scott Trowbridge, Program Specialist
Julianna Ormsby, National Council of Juvenile
and Family Court Judges
Gene Flango, National Center for State Courts
National Resource Center for In-Home Services
(NRC In-Home)
http://nrcinhome.socialwork.uiowa.edu
NRC In-Home works with States, Tribes, and
Territoriesto increase their capacity to provide effective
alternatives to out-of-home care.
GOAL
Provide T&TA to build the capacity of State, local, and
Tribal systems to provide services that will ensure the
safety and well-being of children and youth in their
homes while preserving, supporting, and stabilizing
families
HOW WE HELP
 Provide technical assistance to States and Tribes
to improve systems of in-home services to support
and stabilize families while keeping children safe,
well, and at home
 Disseminate information on best practices for inhome services delivery through our Web site,
Webinars, print products, and tailored responses to
information requests
 Support State and Tribal Promoting Safe and Stable
Families program administrators through an annual
conference and peer-to-peer events
 Develop and disseminate resources on in-home
services
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: University of Iowa School of Social Work
100 MTP4, Room 162
Iowa City, IA 52242-5000
Phone: 319.335.4932
E-mail: lisa-daunno@uiowa.edu
Contact: Lisa D’Aunno, Project Director 2013 Directory
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National Resource Center for Permanency and
Family Connections (NRCPFC)
http://www.nrcpfc.org
The NRCPFC customizes an array of services for each
request to support States, Territories, and Tribes in
sustainable, systemic change efforts producing greater
safety, permanency, and well-being for children, youth,
and families.
The NRCPFC offers on-site technical assistance and
indepth information services in collaboration with family
partners to assist in the implementation of new strategies,
expand knowledge, increase competencies, and expand
commitment to family-centered practice by child welfare
professionals at all levels. The NRCPFC is also focused on
technical assistance regarding the provisions of the
Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing
Adoptions Act (Fostering Connections).
GOAL
Build capacity in child welfare systems to enhance child
and family outcomes pertinent to permanency
achievement, placement stability, and a wide range of
other foster care and well-being issues
HOW WE HELP
 Support practice to engage youth and families at all
levels of the system
 Build partnerships with courts, legal personnel, and
community partners
 Promote visiting between workers and family
members and among families
 Support Fostering Connections implementation and
grantees
 Promote effective concurrent planning
 Support competent practice with all families,
including lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender
families
 Involve fathers and paternal resources
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter
College
2180 Third Avenue, Suite 702
New York, NY 10035
Phone: 212.396.7562
E-mail: gmallon@hunter.cuny.edu
Contact: Gerald P. Mallon, DSW
Julia Lanthrop, Professor of Child Welfare and
NRCPFC Executive Director
National Resource Center for Child Welfare Data
and Technology (NRC-CWDT)
http://www.nrccwdt.org
The NRC-CWDT provides a range of technical
assistance on data and information systems issues to
improve the quality of collected data, build the capacity
to use the information for decisionmaking in daily
practice, and develop or improve case management and
data collection systems.
NRC-CWDT technical assistance focuses on
information systems, technology, and the use of data.
The NRC-CWDT works to improve the quality of data
reported to the Federal Government in the Adoption and
Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System
(AFCARS), the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data
System (NCANDS), and the National Youth in
Transition Database (NYTD). Technical assistance also
is provided for the Child and Family Services Review
(CFSR) data profile and other Federal legislative
requirements, policies, and initiatives.
GOAL
Assist State and Tribal child welfare agencies and
courts in improving outcomes for children and families
in the child welfare system through the use of data and
information technology
HOW WE HELP
 Assist with building the capacity to analyze and use
data throughout the organization
 Provide tailored assistance with AFCARS,
NCANDS, and the NYTD
 Provide information and technical assistance on
court/agency data exchanges
 Assist in improving data quality
 Coordinate peer consultations among States, Tribes,
and/or courts that have similar issues
 Support States in the CFSR process
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: 1726 M Street, NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202.590.8771
E-mail: nrccwdt@cwla.org
dmilner@cwla.org
Contact: Debbie Milner, DirectorThe Children’s Bureau Training & Technical Assistance Network
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National Resource Center for Adoption (NRCA)
http://www.nrcadoption.org
The NRCA assists States, Tribes, Territories, courts,
and agencies in building their capacity to ensure
permanency for abused and neglected children through
adoption, adoption support, and preservation services.
The Center specializes in providing technical assistance,
with a focus on program planning, policy development,
and practice through consultation, information/research,
and resource materials.
GOAL
Assist States, Tribes, Territories, courts, and other
agencies in building and sustaining their capacity
through systemic change that results in the successful
adoption of waiting, abused, and neglected children and
youth from the child welfare system and ensures their
safety, permanence, and well-being
HOW WE HELP
 Provide targeted technical assistance through the
use of regionally based consultants and regionally
held Academies for State Adoption Managers
(ASAM)
 Serve as the facilitator to the National Association
of State Adoption Programs (NASAP)
 Help build culturally competent systems
 Provide guidance on the Multi-Ethnic Placement
Act/Interethnic Adoption Provision (MEPA/IEP)
and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act
 Promote workforce development through the
Minority Adoption Leadership Institute (MALDI),
NASAP, and ASAM
 Provide technical assistance regarding Federal Title
IV-E adoption assistance agreements
 Promote the development and sustaining of trauma-
and evidence-informed adoption support and
preservation services
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: 16250 Northland Drive, Suite 120
Southfield, MI 48075
Phone: 248.443.0306
E-mail: awilliams@spaulding.org
jlevesq7@maine.rr.com
Contact: Addie Williams, President/CEO
John Levesque, Associate Center Director
National Resource Center for Youth Development
(NRCYD)
http://www.nrcyd.ou.edu
The NRCYD helps States, Tribes, and Territories
incorporate youth into all areas of programs and
services, implement services that address legislative
requirements, and prepare for Child and Family
Services Review (CFSR) and Program Improvement
Plan development and implementation.
The NRCYD bases its technical assistance and training
around four core principles: youth development,
collaboration, cultural competence, and permanent
connections.
GOAL
Increase the capacity and resources of States and Tribes
to provide high-quality services to youth in out-of-home
placements, former foster youth, and other youth in atrisk situations
HOW WE HELP
 Implement the Foster Care Independence Act of
1999, including the National Youth in Transition
Database, the older youth provisions of the
Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing
Adoptions Act, and other relevant State and Federal
legislation
 Develop and maintain a culturally competent
workforce that understands the developmental and
service needs of diverse youth ages 14 to 26
 Provide strengths-based and youth-driven transition
planning services
 Engage youth in all aspects of program planning,
delivery, and evaluation
 Self-assess and evaluate youth services and
programs
 Develop and maintain collaborations focused on
helping youth transition to adulthood and strengthen
permanent connections
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: 4502 East 41st Street, Building 4W
Tulsa, OK 74135-2512
Phone: 918.660.3700
E-mail: cfinck@ou.edu
Contact: Clay L. Finck, Program Director2013 Directory
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National Resource Center for Tribes (NRC4Tribes)
http://www.nrc4tribes.org
The NRC4Tribes engages Tribes to increase their access
to and use of the T&TA Network, brokers T&TA, assists
in the provision of T&TA as needed, facilitates peer-topeer consultation between Tribes regarding child welfare
issues, and increases cultural competence and sensitivity
to Tribal voices in the T&TA Network and in State child
welfare systems.
The NRC4Tribes addresses child welfare needs identified
by Tribes, supports efforts for improved Tribal child
welfare practice, and works with Tribal child welfare staff
to achieve greater safety, permanency, and well-being for
children and families. The NRC4Tribes also promotes the
delivery of culturally appropriate services to American
Indian and Alaska Native children, youth, and families.
GOAL
Enhance the capacities of Tribal agencies, courts, and
organizations to support successful child welfare programs
and provide effective child welfare services
HOW WE HELP
 Broker T&TA for Tribes through the T&TA Network
 Arrange activities to engage Tribes
 Provide direct T&TA to Tribes
 Support peer-to-peer mentoring and networking
among Tribal agencies
 Support family-centered and community-based
practices
 Develop and disseminate toolkits, resource manuals,
and other products
 Offer training Webinars, conference calls, and other
opportunities for information dissemination
 Facilitate Tribal/State problem solving
 Produce a Web site featuring user-friendly navigation
and additional resources (www.NRC4Tribes.org)
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: 8235 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 211
West Hollywood, CA 90046
Phone: 323.650.5467
E-mail: Kathy@NRC4Tribes.org
Joe@NRC4Tribes.org
Contact: Kathy Deserly, Associate Director
Joe Walker, Tribal Child Welfare Specialist
National Resource Center
for Diligent Recruitment at AdoptUSKids (NRCDR)
http://www.adoptuskids.org/nrc-recruitment
NRCDR at AdoptUSKids provides T&TA to States,
Tribes, Territories, and Courts (STTCs) to increase their
capacity to recruit and retain foster, adoptive, and
kinship families.
GOALS
Assist STTCs in building capacity to recruit and retain
foster, adoptive, and kinship families and in creating
sustainable, systemic changes that support effective
diligent recruitment and retention efforts
HOW WE HELP
 Supporting STTCs in their efforts to develop a
sufficient, diverse pool of prospective families that
reflect the diverse characteristics of children who
need foster and adoptive homes
 Supporting STTCs in the development and
implementation of comprehensive diligent
recruitment plans
 Increasing the effective use of cross-jurisdictional
resources to facilitate timely permanence options
for children who are waiting to be adopted
 Ensuring that recruitment, response processes, and
retention are driven by promising practices and
achieve desired outcomes for families and children
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: 605 Global Way, Suite 100
Linthicum, MD 21090
Phone: 303.726.0198
E-mail: jillmay@adoptex.org
Contact: Jill May, DirectorThe Children’s Bureau Training & Technical Assistance Network
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AdoptUSKids
http://www.adoptuskids.org
AdoptUSKids’ core T&TA services are provided by the
National Resource Center for Diligent Recruitment
(NRCDR) at AdoptUSKids (described on the previous
page).
GOAL
To operate a multi-faceted national project designed to
assist States and Tribes in the recruitment and retention
of foster and adoptive parents for children in public
foster care
HOW WE HELP
 Assist in building the capacity of State and Tribal
child welfare systems through the provision of
T&TA, information,and consultation related to the
diligent recruitment and retention of foster and
adoptive families
 Operate the National Adoption Internet Photolisting
site (www.adoptuskids.org)
 Support the National Adoption Recruitment
Campaign by planning, carrying out, and assisting
States and Tribes in carrying out fulfillment
activities in response to a national multimedia
adoptive parent recruitment campaign
 Operate the National Adoption and Foster Care
Information Exchange System, which provides
information to prospective and current foster and
adoptive families, facilitates their engagement in
appropriate services in their local areas, and assists
States and Tribes in the recruitment of prospective
foster parents and adoptive parents for children in
public foster care
 Develop and disseminate information, strategies,
and effective or evidence-based models for the
implementation of adoptive and foster family
support activities for States and Tribes
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: 605 Global Way, Suite 100
Linthicum, MD 21090
Phone: 888.200.4005 or 410.636.7030
E-mail: info@adoptuskids.org
Contact: Kathy Ledesma, National Project Director
Child Welfare Information Gateway
http://www.childwelfare.gov
Child Welfare Information Gateway provides information
services to child welfare professionals and the public as
the clearinghouse for the Children’s Bureau, compiling,
synthesizing, and disseminating resources to promote the
safety, permanency, and well-being of children and
families. Child welfare and related professionals can rely
on Information Gateway for quick access to publications,
Web sites, and online databases covering a range of topics,
including child welfare, child abuse and neglect, foster
care, adoption, and the content areas for which the T&TA
Network members provide technical assistance.
GOAL
Promote the safety, permanency, and well-being of
children and families by providing child welfare, adoption,
and related professionals—as well as the general public—
with timely, essential information
HOW WE HELP
 Connect users to information and resources on a range
of topics that include:
o Family-centered practice
o Preventing and responding to child abuse and
neglect
o Supporting and preserving families
o
Achieving and maintaining permanency
o
Adoption
o Management and supervision
o Systemwide issues, including assessment, service
array, and the courts
 Supply Web-based information on all aspects of child
welfare for professionals
 Offer print and electronic publications, including
Spanish-language resources for working with families
 Publish Children’s Bureau Express
 Maintain a comprehensive library of child welfare
documents and other media
 Provide online access to subscription services
 Host the National Foster Care & Adoption Directory,
State Guides and Manuals search, and State Statutes
databases
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: Children’s Bureau/ACYF
1250 Maryland Avenue SW, Eighth Floor
Washington, DC 20024
Phone: 800.394.3366
E-mail: info@childwelfare.gov
Contact: Pamela Day, Co-Director
Mike Torpy, Co-Director2013 Directory
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National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect
(NDACAN)
http://www.ndacan.cornell.edu
NDACAN, a project of the Bronfenbrenner Center for
Translational Research, resides within the College of
Human Ecology at Cornell University. The Archive serves
as a repository for high-quality datasets relevant to the
study and prevention of child maltreatment. Examples
include the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data
System (NCANDS), Adoption and Foster Care Analysis
and Reporting System (AFCARS), National Survey of
Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW), and
Longitudinal Studies of Child Abuse and Neglect
(LONGSCAN).
NDACAN conducts an annual Summer Research Institute
to provide support in secondary data analysis to child
maltreatment researchers. Participants are given hands-on
experience in completing their research projects, with
support and instruction from NDACAN staff and other
experts. Applicants are selected on a competitive basis
from disciplines such as psychology, social work, and
medicine. NDACAN moderates an online Child
Maltreatment Research discussion group, to which
researchers from all areas of child abuse and neglect
contribute, and maintains a Web-based database of
publications and measures based on Archive data.
GOAL
Support the research of child maltreatment scholars and
promote secondary data analysis as a tool to advance
scientific understanding
HOW WE HELP
 Acquire and process child maltreatment data for
dissemination
 Provide technical assistance to data users
 Respond to special data requests
 Moderate a listserv to facilitate information exchange
and networking among researchers in child abuse and
neglect
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational
Research
Beebe Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Phone: 607.255.7799
E-mail: ndacan@cornell.edu
Contact: John J. Eckenrode, Director
Elliott G. Smith, Associate Director
National Child Welfare Workforce Institute
(NCWWI)
http://www.ncwwi.org
The NCWWI conducts a range of activities to support
leadership development, skill-building, and professional
growth. These include development and delivery of
child welfare leadership training curricula to middle
managers and supervisors; engagement of national peer
networks of child welfare trainees, students, and
leaders; strategic assessment and dissemination of
effective and promising leadership and workforce
practices; facilitation of B.S.W. and M.S.W. traineeship
programs in partnership with 12 universities; and an
extensive project evaluation. The NCWWI advances
Federal priorities while supporting training systems and
workforce initiatives at State and national levels.
GOAL
Build the capacity of the Nation’s child welfare
workforce, and improve outcomes for children, youth,
and families through activities that support the
development of skilled child welfare leaders
HOW WE HELP
 Convene the NCWWI Advisory Committee
 Identify best practices in workforce development,
leadership, and cultural responsiveness, and
develop training curricula
 Provide national leadership training and coaching
for middle managers and distance-learning
opportunities for supervisors
 Facilitate M.S.W. and B.S.W. traineeships in child
welfare in partnership with 12 universities
 Implement peer networks around workforce and
leadership issues
 Serve as a resource on workforce issues
 Disseminate evidence-based, effective, and
promising workforce practices
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: School of Social Work University at Albany,
SUNY
114 Richardson Hall
135 Western Avenue
Albany, NY 12222
Phone: 410.706.3740
E-mail: ndickinson@ssw.umaryland.edu
Contact: Nancy Dickinson, Project Director The Children’s Bureau Training & Technical Assistance Network
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Training and Technical Assistance
Coordination Center (TTACC)
https://www.ttaccportal.org
TTACC responds to T&TA requests for States, Tribes,
Territories, and courts when multiple providers are
involved; facilitates conversations to gain a better understanding of the identified needs; coordinates T&TA
Network responses to the needs; improves assessment of
the readiness and capacity of the requesting jurisdiction to
engage in the work; and facilitates discussions intended to
support integration and collaboration. In addition, TTACC
ensures that assistance is provided in response to findings
from Federal reviews, previous T&TA recommendations,
and other major initiatives that may be occurring. This
coordination encourages those requesting T&TA and those
providing it to access and use appropriate and coordinated
T&TA approaches that will promote and sustain systemic
change.
GOAL
Provide a single point of coordination for intensive,
individualized, on-site T&TA services provided through
the T&TA Network
HOW WE HELP
 Coordinate T&TA by receiving and tracking T&TA
requests, facilitating assessment and planning calls,
developing T&TA workplans, and monitoring the
progress of assistance delivered by Network members
 Develop and manage an online Information Portal
containing State, Tribal, and Network provider
profiles; T&TA activities for each jurisdiction
receiving services; a calendar of general T&TA
Network events and Children’s Bureau events that
might affect the delivery of T&TA; and a repository
of T&TA information and resources
 Plan and facilitate T&TA Network meetings
 Create, carry out, and evaluate the Network’s
marketing and communications strategies
 Produce reports pertaining to T&TA delivered by
Network members
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: TTACC
JBS International, Inc.
5515 Security Lane, Suite 800
North Bethesda, MD 20852-5007
Phone: 240.645.0872
E-mail: ttacc@jbsinternational.com
Contact: Melody Roe, Project Director
National Quality Improvement Center on
Differential Response in Child Protective Services
(QIC-DR)
http://www.differentialresponseqic.org
The QIC-DR supports knowledge development on the
effectiveness of differential response (DR) in child
welfare. After identifying knowledge gaps and research
priorities, the QIC-DR now supports three research and
demonstration sites that have implemented and are
evaluating differential response in Colorado, Illinois, and
Ohio. The QIC-DR also supports dissertation research.
Finally, the QIC-DR develops and disseminates
information through various publications and Webinars,
providing the latest data to practitioners, policymakers,
administrators, and researchers.
GOAL
Generate knowledge on differential response in child
protective services (CPS) systems by supporting rigorous
research in three research and demonstration sites
implementing and evaluating this system reform
HOW WE HELP
 Develop knowledge about improving outcomes for
children and families in the child welfare system by
implementing a DR-organized CPS system
 Promote collaborative problem-solving among the
research and demonstration sites as well as doctoral
students receiving dissertation support
 Design and support the implementation of DR
research and evaluation in the three sites and through
a cross-site evaluation that analyzes implementation,
outcomes, and costs
 Establish a national network to share information on
promising practices and lessons learned
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: The Kempe Center for the Prevention and
Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect,
University of Colorado School of Medicine,
Department of Pediatrics
The Gary Pavilion atChildren’s Hospital
Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
13123 East 16th Avenue, B390
Aurora, CO 80045
Phone: 303.864.5211
E-mail: lisa.merkel-holguin@childrenscolorado.org
Contact: Lisa Merkel-Holguin, Principal Investigator 2013 Directory
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National Quality Improvement Center on Early
Childhood (QIC-EC)
http://www.qic-ec.org
The QIC-EC supports collaborative research and
demonstration projects across child abuse prevention;
child welfare; early childhood; and other health,
education, and social service systems. QIC-EC projects
focus on implementing and rigorously evaluating
strategies that contribute to the prevention of child
abuse and neglect and to the promotion of increased
family strengths and optimal development among
children (ages 0−5) and families that are at greatest risk
for child maltreatment.
GOAL
Promote the development, dissemination, and
integration of new knowledge about how collaborative
interventions increase protective factors and decrease
risk factors to achieve optimal child development,
increased family strengths, and decreased likelihood of
child maltreatment within families of young children at
high risk for child maltreatment
HOW WE HELP
 Develop evidence-based and evidence-informed
maltreatment prevention strategies aimed at
increasing protective factors and decreasing risk
factors
 Evaluate the impact of evidence-based and
evidence-informed maltreatment prevention
strategies on optimal child development, increased
family strengths, and reduced likelihood of child
abuse and neglect
 Establish a national network for sharing information
on promising practices
 Support dissertation research on the prevention of
child abuse and neglect and the promotion of child
and family well-being
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: Center for the Study of Social Policy
 1575 Eye Street, NW, Suite 500
 Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202.371.1565
E-mail: charlyn.harperbrowne@cssp.org
Contact: Charlyn Harper Browne, Project Director
National Quality Improvement Center on the
Representation of Children in the Child Welfare
System (QIC-ChildRep)
http://www.ImproveChildRep.org
The QIC-ChildRep’s role is to gather, develop, and
communicate knowledge on child representation; promote
consensus on the role of the child’s legal representative;
and provide one of the first empirically based analyses of
how legal representation for the child might best be
delivered. Its hypothesis is that improved child
representation will benefit case management and access to
services for children and ultimately improve child safety,
permanency, and well-being.
GOAL
Gather, develop, and communicate knowledge on child
representation that presents the strengths and weaknesses
of varying methods of representing children, promotes
consensus on the role of the child’s legal representative,
and provides an empirically based analysis of how legal
representation for the child might best be delivered
HOW WE HELP
 Compiled a national assessment of the state of
representation of children in the child welfare system
as of 2010
 Identified a best-practice representation model that
seems the most promising in delivering good results
for children and achieving overall systemic goals of
safety, permanency, and child well-being
 Developed the first-ever random assignment
experimental design research project on the legal
representation of children, now being implemented in
Georgia and Washington State
 Promote certification oflawyers as specialists in child
welfare law
 Engage in knowledge development and dissemination
 Compile on the QIC-ChildRep Web site, in a
consistent, searchable format, the State laws in all
U.S. jurisdictions regarding child representation in
child welfare cases; also make available in searchable
format on the Web site all academic literature on
lawyer representation of children and all empirical
studies
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: University of Michigan Law School
701 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1215
Phone: 734.764.4000
E-mail: QIC-ChildRep@umich.edu
Contact: Donald N. Duquette, Clinical Professor of
Law, Project DirectorThe Children’s Bureau Training & Technical Assistance Network
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National Abandoned Infants Assistance (AIA)
Resource Center
http://aia.berkeley.edu
AIA service programs nationwide receive discretionary
grant funding from the Children’s Bureau to prevent the
abandonment and out-of-home placement of infants and
young children from families affected by HIV/AIDS
and/or substance abuse, and to monitor their safety,
permanency, and well-being. The Resource Center
provides training, information, consultation, and
resources to AIA service providers and other public and
community-based agencies that assist these children and
their families.
GOAL
Enhance the quality of social and health services
delivered to children at risk of entering care,
specifically those children at risk of abandonment due
to the presence of drugs and/or HIV/AIDS in the family
HOW WE HELP
 Provide training to professionals via conferences,
skills-building seminars, Webcasts, Webinars, and
online tutorials
 Conduct individualized information and referral
searches in response to requests
 Produce and disseminate research-to-practice briefs,
factsheets, issue briefs, monographs, and reports
 Maintain an interactive Web site with information,
resources, and archived training
 Examine emerging practice and policy issues by
conducting research, including focus and technical
expert groups
 Provide dedicated training and education services to
AIA projects
 Assist Federal grantees in disseminating their
expertise, findings, and lessons learned
 Collaborate with the University of Missouri,
Institute on Human Development, to produce and
disseminate annual cross-site evaluation reports
from AIA projects
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: University of California, Berkeley
1950 Addison Street, Suite 104
Berkeley, CA 94720-7402
Phone: 510.643.8390
E-mail: aiarc@berkeley.edu
Contact: Jeanne Pietrzak, Director
National Resource Center for Community-Based
Child Abuse Prevention (FRIENDS)
http://www.friendsnrc.org
http://www.supportingebhv.org
FRIENDS (Family Resource, Information, Education,
and Network Development Services) provides training,
technical assistance, and information to Federal grantee
agencies implementing the grants for CommunityBased Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention (CBCAP),
under the CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010.
FRIENDS helps CBCAP State Lead Agencies build
capacity in the full array of CBCAP program
requirements, including outcome accountability, parent
leadership, evidence-based and evidence-informed
programs and practices, logic models, collaboration,
and systems change.
GOAL
Build the capacity of State CBCAP Lead Agencies and
communities to prevent child abuse and neglect and to
strengthen and support child and family well-being
HOW WE HELP
 Foster an understanding, appreciation, and
knowledge of diverse populations to prevent child
abuse and neglect
 Facilitate efforts in planning and developing a
network of community-based programs and
activities designed to promote family well-being
and prevent child abuse and neglect
 Develop and disseminate resources to support
evidence-informed and evidence-based
programming, continuous quality improvement, and
evaluation activities
 Promote parent leadership, especially for parents of
children with disabilities, racial and ethnic
minorities, and other underrepresented groups
 Build capacity to maximize funding for financing,
planning, and operating child abuse prevention and
family-strengthening programs
 Support States in their systems reform and
improvement efforts
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: 800 Eastowne Drive, Suite 105
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Phone: 919.490.5577, x. 222
E-mail: FRIENDS@friendsnrc.org
Contact: Linda Baker, Director2013 Directory
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Atlantic Coast Child Welfare Implementation
Center (ACCWIC)
http://www.accwic.org
The five regional Implementation Centers expand the
T&TA Network’s ability to provide indepth and longterm consultation and support to States and Tribes. In
addition to working with the T&TA Network, each
center has formal partnerships with States and Tribes in
its Regions to execute programs that use strategies to
achieve sustainable, systemic change for greater safety,
permanency, and well-being for families.
SERVING
Region 3 (States: Delaware, District of Columbia,
Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia);
Region 4 (States: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and
Tennessee; Tribes: Catawba, Cherokee, Choctaw,
Miccosukee, Poarch Band of Creek Indians, and
Seminole)
HOW WE HELP
 Provide intensive, coordinated, and individualized
technical assistance to States and Tribes in Regions
3 and 4 through implementation projects that
facilitate systemic change
 Host regional forums such as Navigating Change in
Child Welfare, which include presentations about
the T&TA Network, systems change, promising
child welfare reforms and practices, and how to
apply for implementation projects
 Establish and support the ACCWIC Learning
Community, a peer-to-peer information exchange
on effective implementation and sustainable
systems change
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: University of Maryland, Baltimore
School of Social Work
525 West Redwood Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: 410.706.6347
E-mail: info@accwic.org
Contact: Diane DePanfilis, Principal Investigator
Cathy Fisher, LCSW-C, Project Director
Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center
(MCWIC)
http://www.mcwic.org
The five regional Implementation Centers expand the
T&TA Network’s ability to provide indepth and longterm consultation and support to States and Tribes. In
addition to working with the T&TA Network, each
center has formal partnerships with States and Tribes in
its Regions to execute programs that use strategies to
achieve sustainable, systemic change for greater safety,
permanency, and well-being for families.
SERVING
Region 5 (States: Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin,
Illinois, and Minnesota; Tribes: see full list of 25 Tribes
at http://www.mcwic.org/who-we-serve); Region 7
(States: Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, and Kansas; Tribes:
Omaha Tribe, Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, Santee Sioux
Nation, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, and Prairie Band
Potawatomi Nation)
HOW WE HELP
 Support implementation projects, including the
Centralized Intake Unit for Indiana for the
Department of Child Services, Partnering With
Parents for System Change for the Iowa
Department of Human Services, and Best Outcomes
for Indian Children for the Wisconsin Department
of Children and Families
 Improve the quality and performance of child
welfare services based on needs identified by the
child welfare agency
 Provide expertise and resources needed to enhance
agency capacity to implement and sustain systemic
change
 Facilitate communication and peer-to-peer
networking across State and Tribal systems
 Build and disseminate knowledge about effective
implementation in child welfare
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: Midwest Child Welfare Implementation
Center
206 South 13th Street, Suite 1000
Lincoln, NE 68588-0227
Phone: 888.523.8055
E-mail: mells@ccfl.unl.edu
Contact: Mark Ells, Project Director
Michelle Graef, Associate Project DirectorThe Children’s Bureau Training & Technical Assistance Network
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Mountains and Plains Child Welfare
Implementation Center (MPCWIC)
http://www.mpcwic.org
The five regional Implementation Centers expand the
T&TA Network’s ability to provide indepth and long-term
consultation and support to States and Tribes. In addition
to working with the T&TA Network, each center has
formal partnerships with States and Tribes in its Regions
to execute programs that use strategies to achieve
sustainable, systemic change for greater safety,
permanency, and well-being for families.
SERVING
Region 6 (States: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico,
Oklahoma, and Texas; see full listing of Tribes at
http://www.mpcwic.org/region-6-full-listing); Region 8
(States: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Utah, and Wyoming; see full listing of Tribes at
http://www.mpcwic.org/region-8-full-listing)
HOW WE HELP
 Support implementation projects in States, Tribes, and
Tribal agencies, such as Colorado, New Mexico,
Arkansas, Osage Nation, Three Affiliated Tribes,
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, Shawnee Native
American Child Protection Team, Chickasaw Nation
Department of Family Advocacy, and the Southern
Ute Nation Department of Social Services
 Provide implementation expertise through intensive,
long-term technical assistance
 Execute projects intended to achieve sustainable,
systemic practice change
 Implement strategies that result in greater safety,
permanency, and well-being for children, youth, and
families
 Facilitate peer-to-peer learning and networking across
State and Tribal child welfare agencies
 Disseminate implementation practice information
through teleconferences and Webinars
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: University of Texas at Arlington School of
Social Work
211 South Cooper Street
Arlington, TX 76019
Phone: 817.272.9190
E-mail: mscannapieco@uta.edu
Contact: Dr. Maria Scannapieco, Director
Donna Cleveland, Administrative Assistant
Susan Ferrari, Project Coordinator
Northeast and Caribbean Child Welfare
Implementation Center (NCIC)
http://ncic.muskie.usm.maine.edu
The five regional Implementation Centers expand the
T&TA Network’s ability to provide indepth and longterm consultation and support to States and Tribes. In
addition to working with the T&TA Network, each
center has formal partnerships with States and Tribes in
its Regions to execute programs that use strategies to
achieve sustainable, systemic change for greater safety,
permanency, and well-being for families.
SERVING
Region 1 (States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Tribes:
Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, Narragansett Indian
Tribe, Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point,
Penobscot Nation, and Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
[Aquinnah]); Region 2 (New Jersey, New York, Puerto
Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands)
HOW WE HELP
 Hold regional forums and gatherings for agency and
Tribal leaders, managers, and social service
directors from each State, Territory, and Tribe
receiving title IV-B funding
 Provide formal and informal peer networking
opportunities to share implementation-related
experience, support, and problem-solving
 Support intensive implementation projects offering
resources, technical assistance, and long-term
support
 Provide T&TA to States, Territories, and Tribes to
enhance their implementation activities, knowledge,
and capacity
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: Muskie School of Public Service University
of Southern Maine
P.O. Box 9300, 34 Bedford Street
Portland, ME 04104-9300
Phone: 207.228.8064
E-mail: mfrederick@usm.maine.edu
Contact: Chris Beerits, Director
Kris Sahonchik, Principal Investigator
Melissa Frederick, Project Assistant2013 Directory
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Western and Pacific Child Welfare Implementation
Center (WPIC)
http://www.wpicenter.org
The five regional Implementation Centers expand the
T&TA Network’s ability to provide indepth and longterm consultation and support to States and Tribes. In
addition to working with the T&TA Network, each
center has formal partnerships with States and Tribes in
its Regions to execute programs that use strategies to
achieve sustainable, systemic change for greater safety,
permanency, and well-being for families.
SERVING
Region 9 (Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada,
American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam,
Marshall Islands, and Republic of Palau); Region 10
(Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington)
HOW WE HELP
 Support efforts to implement systems change in
implementation projects with the Central Council of
Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, Los
Angeles County, and the Navajo Nation
 Facilitate peer networking via Webinars and
conference calls, a semiannual newsletter, and
training opportunities
 Develop and disseminate resources and best
practices on the process of implementing systems
change
 Promote organizational readiness for change
 Improve cross-system collaboration and promote
shared accountability for child welfare outcomes
 Engage families and youth in achieving systems
change
 Foster cultural and linguistic competence
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: American Institutes for Research
1000 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: 202.403.5879
E-mail: mwalters@air.org
khelfgott@air.org
Contact: Marketa Gautreau Walters, Project Director
Kim Helfgott, Associate Director
National Center on Substance Abuse and Child
Welfare (NCSACW)
http://www.ncsacw.samhsa.gov
NCSACW provides information, expert consultation, and
T&TA to child welfare, dependency court, and substance
abuse treatment professionals. NCSACW develops crosssystem partnerships and practice changes to alleviate the
consequences of substance use disorders among families
in the child welfare system.
GOAL
NCSACW works to improve safety, permanency, wellbeing, and recovery outcomes for children, parents, and
families affected by trauma, substance use, and cooccurring disorders in the child welfare and family judicial
systems
HOW WE HELP
 Use a Collaborative Practice Model to provide
professionals with practices, policies, and procedures
that lead to improved outcomes
 Provide a continuum of T&TA to professional
audiences in many venues, including:
o Supplying resources such as publications, journal
articles, research, and statistics
o
Advising on screening and assessment for family
engagement, retention, and recovery
o Presenting at conferences
o
Assisting States with their Child and Family
Services Review responses
o Facilitating practice and policy workgroups
o Providing information on data analysis and crosssystem data links
 Provide indepth technical assistance to a limited
number of sites selected through a solicitation process
to facilitate policy and practice changes, strengthen
partnerships, sustain successful collaborative projects
and innovations, and achieve measurable outcomes
 Offer free online and Web-based training resources,
including a series of accredited online tutorials,
support to adapt and implement the Child Welfare
Training Toolkit in jurisdictions, and Web-based
presentations on current issues; maintain an extensive
library of resources on the NCSACW Web site
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: 4940 Irvine Boulevard, Suite 202
Irvine, CA 92620
Phone: 714.505.3525
E-mail: ncsacw@cffutures.org
Contact: Nancy K. Young, Director
Cathleen Otero, Deputy DirectorThe Children’s Bureau Training & Technical Assistance Network
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National Technical Assistance Center for Children’s
Mental Health (TA Center)
http://gucchdtacenter.georgetown.edu
The TA Center provides assistance to States, Tribes,
Territories, and communities to build systems of care
that enhance access to quality care and improve
outcomes for children, youth, and families with, or at
risk of, emotional disorders. The center provides
information, technical assistance, and training on
systems of care and to cross-system audiences.
GOAL
Promote service delivery that is community based;
comprehensive, coordinated, and collaborative across
systems; in partnership with families and youth;
culturally and linguistically competent; strengths based;
and individualized to meet the mental health needs of
children, youth, and families, including those at risk or
involved in the child welfare system
HOW WE HELP
 Offer training institutes, leadership development,
policy academies, and conference call series that
infuse child welfare perspectives into the center’s
work
 Identify and disseminate approaches for improving
mental health outcomes for children, youth, and
families in the child welfare system
 Supply individualized technical assistance for
States, including consultation, facilitation,
presentations, and workshops
 Serve as a mental health system of care resource for
the Federal T&TA Network
 Assist child welfare agencies in helping families
and youth understand their rights and
responsibilities and in advocating for themselves
 Promote child welfare engagement in the center’s
activities and programs
 Promote trauma-informed practices
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: 3300 Whitehaven Street, NW, Suite 3300
Washington, DC 20057
Phone: 202.687.8855
E-mail: childrensmh@georgetown.edu
Contact: Jim Wotring, Director
Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and
Family Mental Health (TA Partnership)
http://www.tapartnership.org
The TA Partnership provides technical assistance to
system of care (SOC) jurisdictions funded by the
Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for
Children and Their Families program. The TA
Partnership helps jurisdictions transform the ways
human service systems coordinate service delivery to
children and families by promoting SOC principles and
values: community based, family driven, youth guided,
and culturally competent.
GOAL
Help jurisdictions build systems of care to meet the
social-emotional and behavioral needs of children,
youth, and families, including those in the child welfare
system
HOW WE HELP
 Facilitate collaborative partnerships within and
among multiple systems in SOC jurisdictions to
address the needs of children and families in child
welfare systems
 Promote SOC principles and values within child
welfare systems
 Implement technical assistance strategies that
promote family-professional partnerships
 Promote trauma-informed care and other evidencebased practices
 Offer technical assistance through resource
specialists, technical assistance coordinators, peer
networking, conferences and meetings, Webinars,
and communities of practice The Children’s Bureau
Training & Technical Assistance Network
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Administration for Children and Families
Administration on Children, Youth and Families
Children’s BureauTable of Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 1
National Resource Centers funded by the Children's Bureau:
National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement (NRCOI) ................................. 2
National Resource Center for Child Protective Services (NRCCPS) ............................................................ 2
National Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues (NRCLJI) ............................................................... 3
National Resource Center for In-Home Services (NRC In-Home) ............................................................... 3
National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections (NRCPFC)......................................... 4
National Resource Center for Child Welfare Data and Technology (NRC-CWDT) .................................... 4
National Resource Center for Adoption (NRCA) ......................................................................................... 5
National Resource Center for Youth Development (NRCYD) ..................................................................... 5
National Resource Center for Tribes (NRC4Tribes) ..................................................................................... 6
National Resource Center for Diligent Recruitment at AdoptUSKids (NRCDR)........................................ 6
AdoptUSKids ................................................................................................................................................ 7
The following provide information and T&TA and are funded by the Children's Bureau:
Child Welfare Information Gateway ............................................................................................................. 7
National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN) ................................................................ 8
National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (NCWWI) ............................................................................... 8
Training and Technical Assistance Coordination Center (TTACC) ............................................................ 9
Quality Improvement Centers funded by the Children's Bureau:
National Quality Improvement Center on Differential Response in Child Protective Services (QIC-DR) .. 9
National Quality Improvement Center on Early Childhood (QIC-EC) ....................................................... 10
National Quality Improvement Center on the Representation of Children in the Child Welfare System
(QIC-ChildRep) .................................................................................................................................... 10The following were established to support statutorily mandated programs and provide
services to grantees and are funded by the Children's Bureau:
National Abandoned Infants Assistance (AIA) Resource Center................................................................ 11
National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (FRIENDS) ........................... 11
Five Regional Implementation Centers funded by the Children's Bureau:
Atlantic Coast Child Welfare Implementation Center (ACCWIC) ............................................................. 12
Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center (MCWIC) ........................................................................ 12
Mountains and Plains Child Welfare Implementation Center (MPCWIC) ................................................. 13
Northeast and Caribbean Child Welfare Implementation Center (NCIC) ................................................... 13
Western and Pacific Child Welfare Implementation Center (WPIC) .......................................................... 14
Co-sponsored by the Children's Bureau and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration:
National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare (NCSACW) ....................................................... 14
Sponsored through the Intra-Agency Agreement between the Administration for Children and Families
and the Center for Mental Health Services:
National Technical Assistance Center for Children’s Mental Health (TA Center) ..................................... 15
Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health (TA Partnership) ......................... 15The Children’s Bureau Training & Technical Assistance Network
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Introduction
This booklet summarizes information on the Children’s Bureau Training and Technical Assistance (T&TA) Network,
within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This
directory offers information on the specific focus of each of the 28 T&TA Network members.
The mission of the T&TA Network is to provide a seamless array of services that build the capacity of States, Tribes,
Territories, and Courts to achieve sustainable, systemic changes that will result in improved outcomes for children,
youth, and families. To do so, the Network members provide training, technical assistance, research, information and
referral, and consultation on the full array of Federal requirements administered by the Children’s Bureau.
T&TA Network members also assist State, local, Tribal, and other publicly administered or publicly supported child
welfare agencies and family and juvenile courts to achieve conformity with the outcomes and systemic factors defined
in the monitoring reviews conducted by the Children’s Bureau.
The T&TA Network provides both on-site and off-site T&TA. On-site assistance might cover several weeks or months
and comprise multiple visits; off-site assistance might consist, for example, of conducting a policy review or
responding to a request for materials in a specific practice area. The Network has an open-door policy for making
T&TA requests. Requesters may do any of the following to seek assistance:
 Contact the Training and Technical Assistance Coordination Center (TTACC), which coordinates the
Network’s T&TA requests (see the contact information on page 9)
 Talk directly with one of the T&TA Network members
 Contact an ACF Regional Office (for a list of ACF Regional Offices and the States they serve, visit the ACF
Web site: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/oro)
 Complete the On-Site T&TA Standard Request Initiation Form, which appears on the TTACC Information
Portal at https://www.ttaccportal.org
This directory is also available on the Children’s Bureau Web site: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/tta/index.htm. 2013 Directory
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National Child Welfare Resource Center for
Organizational Improvement (NRCOI)
http://www.nrcoi.org
The NRCOI strengthens and supports State and Tribal
agencies committed to the welfare of children, youth,
and families through T&TA, research, and evaluation.
Its aim is to improve management and operations,
bolster organizational capacity, promote service
integration, and develop supervisory and management
systems that result in improved outcomes for children
and families.
GOAL
Help child welfare agencies refine their management
and operations, expand organizational capacity, and
foster effective and consistent practice, all with the
explicit purpose of improving outcomes for children,
youth, and families
HOW WE HELP
 Provide coaching on the leadership of systemic
change initiatives
 Develop continuous quality improvement (CQI)
systems
 Engage leadership and stakeholders in creating and
using integrated strategic plans
 Involve stakeholders in collaborative systemic
change strategies and ongoing agency initiatives
 Assess and improve training systems
 Implement workforce improvement strategies
 Host four national peer networks
 Present an annual Webinar series, and produce the
Child Welfare Matters newsletter, research, and
other publications
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: Muskie School of Public Service University
of Southern Maine
P.O. Box 9300, 34 Bedford Street
Portland, ME 04104
Phone: 800.HELP.KID (435.7543) or 207.780.5878
E-mail: helpkids@usm.maine.edu
Contact: Peter Watson, Director
National Resource Center for Child Protective
Services (NRCCPS)
http://www.nrccps.org
The NRCCPS provides expert consultation, technical
assistance, and training in all areas of child protective
services, including intake, safety assessment, case
planning, ongoing safety management, removal and
reunification decisionmaking, ongoing services, and
case closure. The NRCCPS helps to build the capacity
of State, local, Tribal, and other publicly administered
or supported child welfare agencies to achieve safety,
permanency, and well-being for children and families.
GOAL
Assist jurisdictions with system and practice issues that
help improve the prevention, reporting, assessment, and
treatment of child abuse and neglect
HOW WE HELP
 Plan and implement systemic changes built upon
implementation science principles
 Provide technical assistance and consultation onsite and off-site
 Develop and deliver resource materials, guidelines,
practice models, decisionmaking tools, and
protocols to increase capacity to ensure staff and
supervisory competence
 Identify and disseminate evidence-based practices
 Provide expertise for practice and decisionmaking
when child maltreatment is accompanied by
substance abuse, domestic violence, and mental
health issues
 Provide expertise on requirements of the Child
Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, Adoption and
Safe Families Act, and Indian Child Welfare Act
 Support peer-to-peer networking for State liaison
officers, Children’s Justice Act grantees, and
Citizen Review Panels
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: 925 #4 Sixth Street NW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Phone: 505.301.3105
E-mail: tcostello@earthlink.net
Contact: Theresa Costello, DirectorThe Children’s Bureau Training & Technical Assistance Network
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National Resource Center on Legal and Judicial
Issues (NRCLJI)
http://www.americanbar.org/groups/
child_law/projects_initiatives/rclji.html
The NRCLJI provides expertise to courts, attorneys, Court
Improvement Projects, and State and Tribal agencies on
legal and judicial aspects of child welfare. Areas of focus
include permanency decisionmaking; adherence to the
Adoption and Safe Families Act, the Fostering
Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act, and
other Federal laws; the court’s role in the Child and
Family Services Reviews (CFSRs) and child welfare
reform; high-quality legal representation for all parties;
performance measurement for courts; data exchange
between child welfare agencies and courts; judicial
leadership; education needs of children in foster care;
training evaluation; legal ethics; concurrent planning;
involvement and empowerment of youth in the court
process; and safety decisionmaking for judges and
attorneys.
GOAL
Achieve safety, permanence, and well-being for abused
and neglected children through improved laws and judicial
decisionmaking
HOW WE HELP
 Assist with agency-court collaborations
 Identify legal barriers to best practice and recommend
strategies to overcome barriers
 Promote legal system stakeholder involvement
 Help develop specific legal and judicial strategies to
address issues identified in a State’s CFSR and
technical assistance package
 Provide tailored training and technical help as
determined by a State’s Program Improvement Plan
and Court Improvement Project strategic plan on a
variety of topic areas
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: 740 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202.662.1746
E-mail: Shante.bullock@americanbar.org
Jennifer.renne@americanbar.org
Scott.trowbridge@americanbar.org
Contact: Jennifer Renne, Director
Scott Trowbridge, Program Specialist
Julianna Ormsby, National Council of Juvenile
and Family Court Judges
Gene Flango, National Center for State Courts
National Resource Center for In-Home Services
(NRC In-Home)
http://nrcinhome.socialwork.uiowa.edu
NRC In-Home works with States, Tribes, and
Territoriesto increase their capacity to provide effective
alternatives to out-of-home care.
GOAL
Provide T&TA to build the capacity of State, local, and
Tribal systems to provide services that will ensure the
safety and well-being of children and youth in their
homes while preserving, supporting, and stabilizing
families
HOW WE HELP
 Provide technical assistance to States and Tribes
to improve systems of in-home services to support
and stabilize families while keeping children safe,
well, and at home
 Disseminate information on best practices for inhome services delivery through our Web site,
Webinars, print products, and tailored responses to
information requests
 Support State and Tribal Promoting Safe and Stable
Families program administrators through an annual
conference and peer-to-peer events
 Develop and disseminate resources on in-home
services
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: University of Iowa School of Social Work
100 MTP4, Room 162
Iowa City, IA 52242-5000
Phone: 319.335.4932
E-mail: lisa-daunno@uiowa.edu
Contact: Lisa D’Aunno, Project Director 2013 Directory
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National Resource Center for Permanency and
Family Connections (NRCPFC)
http://www.nrcpfc.org
The NRCPFC customizes an array of services for each
request to support States, Territories, and Tribes in
sustainable, systemic change efforts producing greater
safety, permanency, and well-being for children, youth,
and families.
The NRCPFC offers on-site technical assistance and
indepth information services in collaboration with family
partners to assist in the implementation of new strategies,
expand knowledge, increase competencies, and expand
commitment to family-centered practice by child welfare
professionals at all levels. The NRCPFC is also focused on
technical assistance regarding the provisions of the
Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing
Adoptions Act (Fostering Connections).
GOAL
Build capacity in child welfare systems to enhance child
and family outcomes pertinent to permanency
achievement, placement stability, and a wide range of
other foster care and well-being issues
HOW WE HELP
 Support practice to engage youth and families at all
levels of the system
 Build partnerships with courts, legal personnel, and
community partners
 Promote visiting between workers and family
members and among families
 Support Fostering Connections implementation and
grantees
 Promote effective concurrent planning
 Support competent practice with all families,
including lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender
families
 Involve fathers and paternal resources
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter
College
2180 Third Avenue, Suite 702
New York, NY 10035
Phone: 212.396.7562
E-mail: gmallon@hunter.cuny.edu
Contact: Gerald P. Mallon, DSW
Julia Lanthrop, Professor of Child Welfare and
NRCPFC Executive Director
National Resource Center for Child Welfare Data
and Technology (NRC-CWDT)
http://www.nrccwdt.org
The NRC-CWDT provides a range of technical
assistance on data and information systems issues to
improve the quality of collected data, build the capacity
to use the information for decisionmaking in daily
practice, and develop or improve case management and
data collection systems.
NRC-CWDT technical assistance focuses on
information systems, technology, and the use of data.
The NRC-CWDT works to improve the quality of data
reported to the Federal Government in the Adoption and
Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System
(AFCARS), the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data
System (NCANDS), and the National Youth in
Transition Database (NYTD). Technical assistance also
is provided for the Child and Family Services Review
(CFSR) data profile and other Federal legislative
requirements, policies, and initiatives.
GOAL
Assist State and Tribal child welfare agencies and
courts in improving outcomes for children and families
in the child welfare system through the use of data and
information technology
HOW WE HELP
 Assist with building the capacity to analyze and use
data throughout the organization
 Provide tailored assistance with AFCARS,
NCANDS, and the NYTD
 Provide information and technical assistance on
court/agency data exchanges
 Assist in improving data quality
 Coordinate peer consultations among States, Tribes,
and/or courts that have similar issues
 Support States in the CFSR process
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: 1726 M Street, NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202.590.8771
E-mail: nrccwdt@cwla.org
dmilner@cwla.org
Contact: Debbie Milner, DirectorThe Children’s Bureau Training & Technical Assistance Network
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National Resource Center for Adoption (NRCA)
http://www.nrcadoption.org
The NRCA assists States, Tribes, Territories, courts,
and agencies in building their capacity to ensure
permanency for abused and neglected children through
adoption, adoption support, and preservation services.
The Center specializes in providing technical assistance,
with a focus on program planning, policy development,
and practice through consultation, information/research,
and resource materials.
GOAL
Assist States, Tribes, Territories, courts, and other
agencies in building and sustaining their capacity
through systemic change that results in the successful
adoption of waiting, abused, and neglected children and
youth from the child welfare system and ensures their
safety, permanence, and well-being
HOW WE HELP
 Provide targeted technical assistance through the
use of regionally based consultants and regionally
held Academies for State Adoption Managers
(ASAM)
 Serve as the facilitator to the National Association
of State Adoption Programs (NASAP)
 Help build culturally competent systems
 Provide guidance on the Multi-Ethnic Placement
Act/Interethnic Adoption Provision (MEPA/IEP)
and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act
 Promote workforce development through the
Minority Adoption Leadership Institute (MALDI),
NASAP, and ASAM
 Provide technical assistance regarding Federal Title
IV-E adoption assistance agreements
 Promote the development and sustaining of trauma-
and evidence-informed adoption support and
preservation services
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: 16250 Northland Drive, Suite 120
Southfield, MI 48075
Phone: 248.443.0306
E-mail: awilliams@spaulding.org
jlevesq7@maine.rr.com
Contact: Addie Williams, President/CEO
John Levesque, Associate Center Director
National Resource Center for Youth Development
(NRCYD)
http://www.nrcyd.ou.edu
The NRCYD helps States, Tribes, and Territories
incorporate youth into all areas of programs and
services, implement services that address legislative
requirements, and prepare for Child and Family
Services Review (CFSR) and Program Improvement
Plan development and implementation.
The NRCYD bases its technical assistance and training
around four core principles: youth development,
collaboration, cultural competence, and permanent
connections.
GOAL
Increase the capacity and resources of States and Tribes
to provide high-quality services to youth in out-of-home
placements, former foster youth, and other youth in atrisk situations
HOW WE HELP
 Implement the Foster Care Independence Act of
1999, including the National Youth in Transition
Database, the older youth provisions of the
Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing
Adoptions Act, and other relevant State and Federal
legislation
 Develop and maintain a culturally competent
workforce that understands the developmental and
service needs of diverse youth ages 14 to 26
 Provide strengths-based and youth-driven transition
planning services
 Engage youth in all aspects of program planning,
delivery, and evaluation
 Self-assess and evaluate youth services and
programs
 Develop and maintain collaborations focused on
helping youth transition to adulthood and strengthen
permanent connections
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: 4502 East 41st Street, Building 4W
Tulsa, OK 74135-2512
Phone: 918.660.3700
E-mail: cfinck@ou.edu
Contact: Clay L. Finck, Program Director2013 Directory
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National Resource Center for Tribes (NRC4Tribes)
http://www.nrc4tribes.org
The NRC4Tribes engages Tribes to increase their access
to and use of the T&TA Network, brokers T&TA, assists
in the provision of T&TA as needed, facilitates peer-topeer consultation between Tribes regarding child welfare
issues, and increases cultural competence and sensitivity
to Tribal voices in the T&TA Network and in State child
welfare systems.
The NRC4Tribes addresses child welfare needs identified
by Tribes, supports efforts for improved Tribal child
welfare practice, and works with Tribal child welfare staff
to achieve greater safety, permanency, and well-being for
children and families. The NRC4Tribes also promotes the
delivery of culturally appropriate services to American
Indian and Alaska Native children, youth, and families.
GOAL
Enhance the capacities of Tribal agencies, courts, and
organizations to support successful child welfare programs
and provide effective child welfare services
HOW WE HELP
 Broker T&TA for Tribes through the T&TA Network
 Arrange activities to engage Tribes
 Provide direct T&TA to Tribes
 Support peer-to-peer mentoring and networking
among Tribal agencies
 Support family-centered and community-based
practices
 Develop and disseminate toolkits, resource manuals,
and other products
 Offer training Webinars, conference calls, and other
opportunities for information dissemination
 Facilitate Tribal/State problem solving
 Produce a Web site featuring user-friendly navigation
and additional resources (www.NRC4Tribes.org)
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: 8235 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 211
West Hollywood, CA 90046
Phone: 323.650.5467
E-mail: Kathy@NRC4Tribes.org
Joe@NRC4Tribes.org
Contact: Kathy Deserly, Associate Director
Joe Walker, Tribal Child Welfare Specialist
National Resource Center
for Diligent Recruitment at AdoptUSKids (NRCDR)
http://www.adoptuskids.org/nrc-recruitment
NRCDR at AdoptUSKids provides T&TA to States,
Tribes, Territories, and Courts (STTCs) to increase their
capacity to recruit and retain foster, adoptive, and
kinship families.
GOALS
Assist STTCs in building capacity to recruit and retain
foster, adoptive, and kinship families and in creating
sustainable, systemic changes that support effective
diligent recruitment and retention efforts
HOW WE HELP
 Supporting STTCs in their efforts to develop a
sufficient, diverse pool of prospective families that
reflect the diverse characteristics of children who
need foster and adoptive homes
 Supporting STTCs in the development and
implementation of comprehensive diligent
recruitment plans
 Increasing the effective use of cross-jurisdictional
resources to facilitate timely permanence options
for children who are waiting to be adopted
 Ensuring that recruitment, response processes, and
retention are driven by promising practices and
achieve desired outcomes for families and children
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: 605 Global Way, Suite 100
Linthicum, MD 21090
Phone: 303.726.0198
E-mail: jillmay@adoptex.org
Contact: Jill May, DirectorThe Children’s Bureau Training & Technical Assistance Network
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AdoptUSKids
http://www.adoptuskids.org
AdoptUSKids’ core T&TA services are provided by the
National Resource Center for Diligent Recruitment
(NRCDR) at AdoptUSKids (described on the previous
page).
GOAL
To operate a multi-faceted national project designed to
assist States and Tribes in the recruitment and retention
of foster and adoptive parents for children in public
foster care
HOW WE HELP
 Assist in building the capacity of State and Tribal
child welfare systems through the provision of
T&TA, information,and consultation related to the
diligent recruitment and retention of foster and
adoptive families
 Operate the National Adoption Internet Photolisting
site (www.adoptuskids.org)
 Support the National Adoption Recruitment
Campaign by planning, carrying out, and assisting
States and Tribes in carrying out fulfillment
activities in response to a national multimedia
adoptive parent recruitment campaign
 Operate the National Adoption and Foster Care
Information Exchange System, which provides
information to prospective and current foster and
adoptive families, facilitates their engagement in
appropriate services in their local areas, and assists
States and Tribes in the recruitment of prospective
foster parents and adoptive parents for children in
public foster care
 Develop and disseminate information, strategies,
and effective or evidence-based models for the
implementation of adoptive and foster family
support activities for States and Tribes
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: 605 Global Way, Suite 100
Linthicum, MD 21090
Phone: 888.200.4005 or 410.636.7030
E-mail: info@adoptuskids.org
Contact: Kathy Ledesma, National Project Director
Child Welfare Information Gateway
http://www.childwelfare.gov
Child Welfare Information Gateway provides information
services to child welfare professionals and the public as
the clearinghouse for the Children’s Bureau, compiling,
synthesizing, and disseminating resources to promote the
safety, permanency, and well-being of children and
families. Child welfare and related professionals can rely
on Information Gateway for quick access to publications,
Web sites, and online databases covering a range of topics,
including child welfare, child abuse and neglect, foster
care, adoption, and the content areas for which the T&TA
Network members provide technical assistance.
GOAL
Promote the safety, permanency, and well-being of
children and families by providing child welfare, adoption,
and related professionals—as well as the general public—
with timely, essential information
HOW WE HELP
 Connect users to information and resources on a range
of topics that include:
o Family-centered practice
o Preventing and responding to child abuse and
neglect
o Supporting and preserving families
o
Achieving and maintaining permanency
o
Adoption
o Management and supervision
o Systemwide issues, including assessment, service
array, and the courts
 Supply Web-based information on all aspects of child
welfare for professionals
 Offer print and electronic publications, including
Spanish-language resources for working with families
 Publish Children’s Bureau Express
 Maintain a comprehensive library of child welfare
documents and other media
 Provide online access to subscription services
 Host the National Foster Care & Adoption Directory,
State Guides and Manuals search, and State Statutes
databases
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: Children’s Bureau/ACYF
1250 Maryland Avenue SW, Eighth Floor
Washington, DC 20024
Phone: 800.394.3366
E-mail: info@childwelfare.gov
Contact: Pamela Day, Co-Director
Mike Torpy, Co-Director2013 Directory
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National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect
(NDACAN)
http://www.ndacan.cornell.edu
NDACAN, a project of the Bronfenbrenner Center for
Translational Research, resides within the College of
Human Ecology at Cornell University. The Archive serves
as a repository for high-quality datasets relevant to the
study and prevention of child maltreatment. Examples
include the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data
System (NCANDS), Adoption and Foster Care Analysis
and Reporting System (AFCARS), National Survey of
Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW), and
Longitudinal Studies of Child Abuse and Neglect
(LONGSCAN).
NDACAN conducts an annual Summer Research Institute
to provide support in secondary data analysis to child
maltreatment researchers. Participants are given hands-on
experience in completing their research projects, with
support and instruction from NDACAN staff and other
experts. Applicants are selected on a competitive basis
from disciplines such as psychology, social work, and
medicine. NDACAN moderates an online Child
Maltreatment Research discussion group, to which
researchers from all areas of child abuse and neglect
contribute, and maintains a Web-based database of
publications and measures based on Archive data.
GOAL
Support the research of child maltreatment scholars and
promote secondary data analysis as a tool to advance
scientific understanding
HOW WE HELP
 Acquire and process child maltreatment data for
dissemination
 Provide technical assistance to data users
 Respond to special data requests
 Moderate a listserv to facilitate information exchange
and networking among researchers in child abuse and
neglect
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational
Research
Beebe Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Phone: 607.255.7799
E-mail: ndacan@cornell.edu
Contact: John J. Eckenrode, Director
Elliott G. Smith, Associate Director
National Child Welfare Workforce Institute
(NCWWI)
http://www.ncwwi.org
The NCWWI conducts a range of activities to support
leadership development, skill-building, and professional
growth. These include development and delivery of
child welfare leadership training curricula to middle
managers and supervisors; engagement of national peer
networks of child welfare trainees, students, and
leaders; strategic assessment and dissemination of
effective and promising leadership and workforce
practices; facilitation of B.S.W. and M.S.W. traineeship
programs in partnership with 12 universities; and an
extensive project evaluation. The NCWWI advances
Federal priorities while supporting training systems and
workforce initiatives at State and national levels.
GOAL
Build the capacity of the Nation’s child welfare
workforce, and improve outcomes for children, youth,
and families through activities that support the
development of skilled child welfare leaders
HOW WE HELP
 Convene the NCWWI Advisory Committee
 Identify best practices in workforce development,
leadership, and cultural responsiveness, and
develop training curricula
 Provide national leadership training and coaching
for middle managers and distance-learning
opportunities for supervisors
 Facilitate M.S.W. and B.S.W. traineeships in child
welfare in partnership with 12 universities
 Implement peer networks around workforce and
leadership issues
 Serve as a resource on workforce issues
 Disseminate evidence-based, effective, and
promising workforce practices
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: School of Social Work University at Albany,
SUNY
114 Richardson Hall
135 Western Avenue
Albany, NY 12222
Phone: 410.706.3740
E-mail: ndickinson@ssw.umaryland.edu
Contact: Nancy Dickinson, Project Director The Children’s Bureau Training & Technical Assistance Network
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Training and Technical Assistance
Coordination Center (TTACC)
https://www.ttaccportal.org
TTACC responds to T&TA requests for States, Tribes,
Territories, and courts when multiple providers are
involved; facilitates conversations to gain a better understanding of the identified needs; coordinates T&TA
Network responses to the needs; improves assessment of
the readiness and capacity of the requesting jurisdiction to
engage in the work; and facilitates discussions intended to
support integration and collaboration. In addition, TTACC
ensures that assistance is provided in response to findings
from Federal reviews, previous T&TA recommendations,
and other major initiatives that may be occurring. This
coordination encourages those requesting T&TA and those
providing it to access and use appropriate and coordinated
T&TA approaches that will promote and sustain systemic
change.
GOAL
Provide a single point of coordination for intensive,
individualized, on-site T&TA services provided through
the T&TA Network
HOW WE HELP
 Coordinate T&TA by receiving and tracking T&TA
requests, facilitating assessment and planning calls,
developing T&TA workplans, and monitoring the
progress of assistance delivered by Network members
 Develop and manage an online Information Portal
containing State, Tribal, and Network provider
profiles; T&TA activities for each jurisdiction
receiving services; a calendar of general T&TA
Network events and Children’s Bureau events that
might affect the delivery of T&TA; and a repository
of T&TA information and resources
 Plan and facilitate T&TA Network meetings
 Create, carry out, and evaluate the Network’s
marketing and communications strategies
 Produce reports pertaining to T&TA delivered by
Network members
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: TTACC
JBS International, Inc.
5515 Security Lane, Suite 800
North Bethesda, MD 20852-5007
Phone: 240.645.0872
E-mail: ttacc@jbsinternational.com
Contact: Melody Roe, Project Director
National Quality Improvement Center on
Differential Response in Child Protective Services
(QIC-DR)
http://www.differentialresponseqic.org
The QIC-DR supports knowledge development on the
effectiveness of differential response (DR) in child
welfare. After identifying knowledge gaps and research
priorities, the QIC-DR now supports three research and
demonstration sites that have implemented and are
evaluating differential response in Colorado, Illinois, and
Ohio. The QIC-DR also supports dissertation research.
Finally, the QIC-DR develops and disseminates
information through various publications and Webinars,
providing the latest data to practitioners, policymakers,
administrators, and researchers.
GOAL
Generate knowledge on differential response in child
protective services (CPS) systems by supporting rigorous
research in three research and demonstration sites
implementing and evaluating this system reform
HOW WE HELP
 Develop knowledge about improving outcomes for
children and families in the child welfare system by
implementing a DR-organized CPS system
 Promote collaborative problem-solving among the
research and demonstration sites as well as doctoral
students receiving dissertation support
 Design and support the implementation of DR
research and evaluation in the three sites and through
a cross-site evaluation that analyzes implementation,
outcomes, and costs
 Establish a national network to share information on
promising practices and lessons learned
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: The Kempe Center for the Prevention and
Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect,
University of Colorado School of Medicine,
Department of Pediatrics
The Gary Pavilion atChildren’s Hospital
Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
13123 East 16th Avenue, B390
Aurora, CO 80045
Phone: 303.864.5211
E-mail: lisa.merkel-holguin@childrenscolorado.org
Contact: Lisa Merkel-Holguin, Principal Investigator 2013 Directory
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National Quality Improvement Center on Early
Childhood (QIC-EC)
http://www.qic-ec.org
The QIC-EC supports collaborative research and
demonstration projects across child abuse prevention;
child welfare; early childhood; and other health,
education, and social service systems. QIC-EC projects
focus on implementing and rigorously evaluating
strategies that contribute to the prevention of child
abuse and neglect and to the promotion of increased
family strengths and optimal development among
children (ages 0−5) and families that are at greatest risk
for child maltreatment.
GOAL
Promote the development, dissemination, and
integration of new knowledge about how collaborative
interventions increase protective factors and decrease
risk factors to achieve optimal child development,
increased family strengths, and decreased likelihood of
child maltreatment within families of young children at
high risk for child maltreatment
HOW WE HELP
 Develop evidence-based and evidence-informed
maltreatment prevention strategies aimed at
increasing protective factors and decreasing risk
factors
 Evaluate the impact of evidence-based and
evidence-informed maltreatment prevention
strategies on optimal child development, increased
family strengths, and reduced likelihood of child
abuse and neglect
 Establish a national network for sharing information
on promising practices
 Support dissertation research on the prevention of
child abuse and neglect and the promotion of child
and family well-being
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: Center for the Study of Social Policy
 1575 Eye Street, NW, Suite 500
 Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202.371.1565
E-mail: charlyn.harperbrowne@cssp.org
Contact: Charlyn Harper Browne, Project Director
National Quality Improvement Center on the
Representation of Children in the Child Welfare
System (QIC-ChildRep)
http://www.ImproveChildRep.org
The QIC-ChildRep’s role is to gather, develop, and
communicate knowledge on child representation; promote
consensus on the role of the child’s legal representative;
and provide one of the first empirically based analyses of
how legal representation for the child might best be
delivered. Its hypothesis is that improved child
representation will benefit case management and access to
services for children and ultimately improve child safety,
permanency, and well-being.
GOAL
Gather, develop, and communicate knowledge on child
representation that presents the strengths and weaknesses
of varying methods of representing children, promotes
consensus on the role of the child’s legal representative,
and provides an empirically based analysis of how legal
representation for the child might best be delivered
HOW WE HELP
 Compiled a national assessment of the state of
representation of children in the child welfare system
as of 2010
 Identified a best-practice representation model that
seems the most promising in delivering good results
for children and achieving overall systemic goals of
safety, permanency, and child well-being
 Developed the first-ever random assignment
experimental design research project on the legal
representation of children, now being implemented in
Georgia and Washington State
 Promote certification oflawyers as specialists in child
welfare law
 Engage in knowledge development and dissemination
 Compile on the QIC-ChildRep Web site, in a
consistent, searchable format, the State laws in all
U.S. jurisdictions regarding child representation in
child welfare cases; also make available in searchable
format on the Web site all academic literature on
lawyer representation of children and all empirical
studies
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: University of Michigan Law School
701 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1215
Phone: 734.764.4000
E-mail: QIC-ChildRep@umich.edu
Contact: Donald N. Duquette, Clinical Professor of
Law, Project DirectorThe Children’s Bureau Training & Technical Assistance Network
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National Abandoned Infants Assistance (AIA)
Resource Center
http://aia.berkeley.edu
AIA service programs nationwide receive discretionary
grant funding from the Children’s Bureau to prevent the
abandonment and out-of-home placement of infants and
young children from families affected by HIV/AIDS
and/or substance abuse, and to monitor their safety,
permanency, and well-being. The Resource Center
provides training, information, consultation, and
resources to AIA service providers and other public and
community-based agencies that assist these children and
their families.
GOAL
Enhance the quality of social and health services
delivered to children at risk of entering care,
specifically those children at risk of abandonment due
to the presence of drugs and/or HIV/AIDS in the family
HOW WE HELP
 Provide training to professionals via conferences,
skills-building seminars, Webcasts, Webinars, and
online tutorials
 Conduct individualized information and referral
searches in response to requests
 Produce and disseminate research-to-practice briefs,
factsheets, issue briefs, monographs, and reports
 Maintain an interactive Web site with information,
resources, and archived training
 Examine emerging practice and policy issues by
conducting research, including focus and technical
expert groups
 Provide dedicated training and education services to
AIA projects
 Assist Federal grantees in disseminating their
expertise, findings, and lessons learned
 Collaborate with the University of Missouri,
Institute on Human Development, to produce and
disseminate annual cross-site evaluation reports
from AIA projects
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: University of California, Berkeley
1950 Addison Street, Suite 104
Berkeley, CA 94720-7402
Phone: 510.643.8390
E-mail: aiarc@berkeley.edu
Contact: Jeanne Pietrzak, Director
National Resource Center for Community-Based
Child Abuse Prevention (FRIENDS)
http://www.friendsnrc.org
http://www.supportingebhv.org
FRIENDS (Family Resource, Information, Education,
and Network Development Services) provides training,
technical assistance, and information to Federal grantee
agencies implementing the grants for CommunityBased Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention (CBCAP),
under the CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010.
FRIENDS helps CBCAP State Lead Agencies build
capacity in the full array of CBCAP program
requirements, including outcome accountability, parent
leadership, evidence-based and evidence-informed
programs and practices, logic models, collaboration,
and systems change.
GOAL
Build the capacity of State CBCAP Lead Agencies and
communities to prevent child abuse and neglect and to
strengthen and support child and family well-being
HOW WE HELP
 Foster an understanding, appreciation, and
knowledge of diverse populations to prevent child
abuse and neglect
 Facilitate efforts in planning and developing a
network of community-based programs and
activities designed to promote family well-being
and prevent child abuse and neglect
 Develop and disseminate resources to support
evidence-informed and evidence-based
programming, continuous quality improvement, and
evaluation activities
 Promote parent leadership, especially for parents of
children with disabilities, racial and ethnic
minorities, and other underrepresented groups
 Build capacity to maximize funding for financing,
planning, and operating child abuse prevention and
family-strengthening programs
 Support States in their systems reform and
improvement efforts
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: 800 Eastowne Drive, Suite 105
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Phone: 919.490.5577, x. 222
E-mail: FRIENDS@friendsnrc.org
Contact: Linda Baker, Director2013 Directory
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Atlantic Coast Child Welfare Implementation
Center (ACCWIC)
http://www.accwic.org
The five regional Implementation Centers expand the
T&TA Network’s ability to provide indepth and longterm consultation and support to States and Tribes. In
addition to working with the T&TA Network, each
center has formal partnerships with States and Tribes in
its Regions to execute programs that use strategies to
achieve sustainable, systemic change for greater safety,
permanency, and well-being for families.
SERVING
Region 3 (States: Delaware, District of Columbia,
Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia);
Region 4 (States: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and
Tennessee; Tribes: Catawba, Cherokee, Choctaw,
Miccosukee, Poarch Band of Creek Indians, and
Seminole)
HOW WE HELP
 Provide intensive, coordinated, and individualized
technical assistance to States and Tribes in Regions
3 and 4 through implementation projects that
facilitate systemic change
 Host regional forums such as Navigating Change in
Child Welfare, which include presentations about
the T&TA Network, systems change, promising
child welfare reforms and practices, and how to
apply for implementation projects
 Establish and support the ACCWIC Learning
Community, a peer-to-peer information exchange
on effective implementation and sustainable
systems change
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: University of Maryland, Baltimore
School of Social Work
525 West Redwood Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: 410.706.6347
E-mail: info@accwic.org
Contact: Diane DePanfilis, Principal Investigator
Cathy Fisher, LCSW-C, Project Director
Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center
(MCWIC)
http://www.mcwic.org
The five regional Implementation Centers expand the
T&TA Network’s ability to provide indepth and longterm consultation and support to States and Tribes. In
addition to working with the T&TA Network, each
center has formal partnerships with States and Tribes in
its Regions to execute programs that use strategies to
achieve sustainable, systemic change for greater safety,
permanency, and well-being for families.
SERVING
Region 5 (States: Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin,
Illinois, and Minnesota; Tribes: see full list of 25 Tribes
at http://www.mcwic.org/who-we-serve); Region 7
(States: Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, and Kansas; Tribes:
Omaha Tribe, Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, Santee Sioux
Nation, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, and Prairie Band
Potawatomi Nation)
HOW WE HELP
 Support implementation projects, including the
Centralized Intake Unit for Indiana for the
Department of Child Services, Partnering With
Parents for System Change for the Iowa
Department of Human Services, and Best Outcomes
for Indian Children for the Wisconsin Department
of Children and Families
 Improve the quality and performance of child
welfare services based on needs identified by the
child welfare agency
 Provide expertise and resources needed to enhance
agency capacity to implement and sustain systemic
change
 Facilitate communication and peer-to-peer
networking across State and Tribal systems
 Build and disseminate knowledge about effective
implementation in child welfare
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: Midwest Child Welfare Implementation
Center
206 South 13th Street, Suite 1000
Lincoln, NE 68588-0227
Phone: 888.523.8055
E-mail: mells@ccfl.unl.edu
Contact: Mark Ells, Project Director
Michelle Graef, Associate Project DirectorThe Children’s Bureau Training & Technical Assistance Network
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Mountains and Plains Child Welfare
Implementation Center (MPCWIC)
http://www.mpcwic.org
The five regional Implementation Centers expand the
T&TA Network’s ability to provide indepth and long-term
consultation and support to States and Tribes. In addition
to working with the T&TA Network, each center has
formal partnerships with States and Tribes in its Regions
to execute programs that use strategies to achieve
sustainable, systemic change for greater safety,
permanency, and well-being for families.
SERVING
Region 6 (States: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico,
Oklahoma, and Texas; see full listing of Tribes at
http://www.mpcwic.org/region-6-full-listing); Region 8
(States: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Utah, and Wyoming; see full listing of Tribes at
http://www.mpcwic.org/region-8-full-listing)
HOW WE HELP
 Support implementation projects in States, Tribes, and
Tribal agencies, such as Colorado, New Mexico,
Arkansas, Osage Nation, Three Affiliated Tribes,
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, Shawnee Native
American Child Protection Team, Chickasaw Nation
Department of Family Advocacy, and the Southern
Ute Nation Department of Social Services
 Provide implementation expertise through intensive,
long-term technical assistance
 Execute projects intended to achieve sustainable,
systemic practice change
 Implement strategies that result in greater safety,
permanency, and well-being for children, youth, and
families
 Facilitate peer-to-peer learning and networking across
State and Tribal child welfare agencies
 Disseminate implementation practice information
through teleconferences and Webinars
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: University of Texas at Arlington School of
Social Work
211 South Cooper Street
Arlington, TX 76019
Phone: 817.272.9190
E-mail: mscannapieco@uta.edu
Contact: Dr. Maria Scannapieco, Director
Donna Cleveland, Administrative Assistant
Susan Ferrari, Project Coordinator
Northeast and Caribbean Child Welfare
Implementation Center (NCIC)
http://ncic.muskie.usm.maine.edu
The five regional Implementation Centers expand the
T&TA Network’s ability to provide indepth and longterm consultation and support to States and Tribes. In
addition to working with the T&TA Network, each
center has formal partnerships with States and Tribes in
its Regions to execute programs that use strategies to
achieve sustainable, systemic change for greater safety,
permanency, and well-being for families.
SERVING
Region 1 (States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Tribes:
Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, Narragansett Indian
Tribe, Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point,
Penobscot Nation, and Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
[Aquinnah]); Region 2 (New Jersey, New York, Puerto
Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands)
HOW WE HELP
 Hold regional forums and gatherings for agency and
Tribal leaders, managers, and social service
directors from each State, Territory, and Tribe
receiving title IV-B funding
 Provide formal and informal peer networking
opportunities to share implementation-related
experience, support, and problem-solving
 Support intensive implementation projects offering
resources, technical assistance, and long-term
support
 Provide T&TA to States, Territories, and Tribes to
enhance their implementation activities, knowledge,
and capacity
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: Muskie School of Public Service University
of Southern Maine
P.O. Box 9300, 34 Bedford Street
Portland, ME 04104-9300
Phone: 207.228.8064
E-mail: mfrederick@usm.maine.edu
Contact: Chris Beerits, Director
Kris Sahonchik, Principal Investigator
Melissa Frederick, Project Assistant2013 Directory
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Western and Pacific Child Welfare Implementation
Center (WPIC)
http://www.wpicenter.org
The five regional Implementation Centers expand the
T&TA Network’s ability to provide indepth and longterm consultation and support to States and Tribes. In
addition to working with the T&TA Network, each
center has formal partnerships with States and Tribes in
its Regions to execute programs that use strategies to
achieve sustainable, systemic change for greater safety,
permanency, and well-being for families.
SERVING
Region 9 (Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada,
American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam,
Marshall Islands, and Republic of Palau); Region 10
(Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington)
HOW WE HELP
 Support efforts to implement systems change in
implementation projects with the Central Council of
Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, Los
Angeles County, and the Navajo Nation
 Facilitate peer networking via Webinars and
conference calls, a semiannual newsletter, and
training opportunities
 Develop and disseminate resources and best
practices on the process of implementing systems
change
 Promote organizational readiness for change
 Improve cross-system collaboration and promote
shared accountability for child welfare outcomes
 Engage families and youth in achieving systems
change
 Foster cultural and linguistic competence
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: American Institutes for Research
1000 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: 202.403.5879
E-mail: mwalters@air.org
khelfgott@air.org
Contact: Marketa Gautreau Walters, Project Director
Kim Helfgott, Associate Director
National Center on Substance Abuse and Child
Welfare (NCSACW)
http://www.ncsacw.samhsa.gov
NCSACW provides information, expert consultation, and
T&TA to child welfare, dependency court, and substance
abuse treatment professionals. NCSACW develops crosssystem partnerships and practice changes to alleviate the
consequences of substance use disorders among families
in the child welfare system.
GOAL
NCSACW works to improve safety, permanency, wellbeing, and recovery outcomes for children, parents, and
families affected by trauma, substance use, and cooccurring disorders in the child welfare and family judicial
systems
HOW WE HELP
 Use a Collaborative Practice Model to provide
professionals with practices, policies, and procedures
that lead to improved outcomes
 Provide a continuum of T&TA to professional
audiences in many venues, including:
o Supplying resources such as publications, journal
articles, research, and statistics
o
Advising on screening and assessment for family
engagement, retention, and recovery
o Presenting at conferences
o
Assisting States with their Child and Family
Services Review responses
o Facilitating practice and policy workgroups
o Providing information on data analysis and crosssystem data links
 Provide indepth technical assistance to a limited
number of sites selected through a solicitation process
to facilitate policy and practice changes, strengthen
partnerships, sustain successful collaborative projects
and innovations, and achieve measurable outcomes
 Offer free online and Web-based training resources,
including a series of accredited online tutorials,
support to adapt and implement the Child Welfare
Training Toolkit in jurisdictions, and Web-based
presentations on current issues; maintain an extensive
library of resources on the NCSACW Web site
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: 4940 Irvine Boulevard, Suite 202
Irvine, CA 92620
Phone: 714.505.3525
E-mail: ncsacw@cffutures.org
Contact: Nancy K. Young, Director
Cathleen Otero, Deputy DirectorThe Children’s Bureau Training & Technical Assistance Network
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National Technical Assistance Center for Children’s
Mental Health (TA Center)
http://gucchdtacenter.georgetown.edu
The TA Center provides assistance to States, Tribes,
Territories, and communities to build systems of care
that enhance access to quality care and improve
outcomes for children, youth, and families with, or at
risk of, emotional disorders. The center provides
information, technical assistance, and training on
systems of care and to cross-system audiences.
GOAL
Promote service delivery that is community based;
comprehensive, coordinated, and collaborative across
systems; in partnership with families and youth;
culturally and linguistically competent; strengths based;
and individualized to meet the mental health needs of
children, youth, and families, including those at risk or
involved in the child welfare system
HOW WE HELP
 Offer training institutes, leadership development,
policy academies, and conference call series that
infuse child welfare perspectives into the center’s
work
 Identify and disseminate approaches for improving
mental health outcomes for children, youth, and
families in the child welfare system
 Supply individualized technical assistance for
States, including consultation, facilitation,
presentations, and workshops
 Serve as a mental health system of care resource for
the Federal T&TA Network
 Assist child welfare agencies in helping families
and youth understand their rights and
responsibilities and in advocating for themselves
 Promote child welfare engagement in the center’s
activities and programs
 Promote trauma-informed practices
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: 3300 Whitehaven Street, NW, Suite 3300
Washington, DC 20057
Phone: 202.687.8855
E-mail: childrensmh@georgetown.edu
Contact: Jim Wotring, Director
Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and
Family Mental Health (TA Partnership)
http://www.tapartnership.org
The TA Partnership provides technical assistance to
system of care (SOC) jurisdictions funded by the
Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for
Children and Their Families program. The TA
Partnership helps jurisdictions transform the ways
human service systems coordinate service delivery to
children and families by promoting SOC principles and
values: community based, family driven, youth guided,
and culturally competent.
GOAL
Help jurisdictions build systems of care to meet the
social-emotional and behavioral needs of children,
youth, and families, including those in the child welfare
system
HOW WE HELP
 Facilitate collaborative partnerships within and
among multiple systems in SOC jurisdictions to
address the needs of children and families in child
welfare systems
 Promote SOC principles and values within child
welfare systems
 Implement technical assistance strategies that
promote family-professional partnerships
 Promote trauma-informed care and other evidencebased practices
 Offer technical assistance through resource
specialists, technical assistance coordinators, peer
networking, conferences and meetings, Webinars,
and communities of practice
 Produce and disseminate information and resources
through a newsletter, a Web site, and multiple
listservs
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: American Institutes for Research
1000 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: 925.322.3455
E-mail: rweisgal@air.org
Contact: Rich Weisgal, Child Welfare Specialist
Regenia Hicks, DirectorThe Children’s Bureau
1250 Maryland Avenue, SW, Eight Floor, Washington, DC 20024
202.205.8618 www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb
 Produce and disseminate information and resources
through a newsletter, a Web site, and multiple
listservs
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Address: American Institutes for Research
1000 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: 925.322.3455
E-mail: rweisgal@air.org
Contact: Rich Weisgal, Child Welfare Specialist
Regenia Hicks, DirectorThe Children’s Bureau
1250 Maryland Avenue, SW, Eight Floor, Washington, DC 20024
202.205.8618 www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb