Child Welfare Information Gateway E-lert! September 2011 Encourage your colleagues to subcribe to E-lert! To ensure that E-lert! reaches you each month, please add us to your safe senders list. The following new or updated publications and resources are now available from Child Welfare Information Gateway. Use the links listed below, or contact us to request print copies, which we will mail to you, for free, if they are available. What's New National Adoption Month Website Launches The 2011 National Adoption Month website is live. Find new resources, widgets for your organization's website, a new activity poster, resources in Spanish, and much more. www.childwelfare.gov/adoption/nam/index.cfm New Systems of Care Resources Family Engagement in Child Welfare Video Series offers unique insight into the key elements needed to make peer-to-peer family engagement programs successful. www.childwelfare.gov/familyvideos Systems of Care Policy Action Guide provides a framework for thinking about child welfare policy options and initiating actions that help promote an effective policy initiative. www.childwelfare.gov/policyactionguide Child Maltreatment Prevention: Past, Present, and Future This issue brief highlights the importance of prevention as a critical component of the nation's child protection system and outlines beneficial programs that reduce the likelihood of child maltreatment. www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/issue_briefs/cm_prevention.cfm Updates Case Planning for Families Involved With Child Welfare Agencies Presents a review of statutes and administrative codes that demonstrate how States use a variety of approaches to address the issue of case planning in child welfare. www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/laws_policies/statutes/caseplanning.cfm In This Month's CBX The September/October issue of Children's Bureau Express (CBX) spotlights States' Program Improvement Plans (PIPs), with articles on three States at various junctures in the PIP process. cbexpress.acf.hhs.gov Subscribe to CBX at www.childwelfare.gov/admin/subscribe Did You Know? Fostering Connections Act Child Welfare Information Gateway offers a legislative overview of the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008, as well as an implementation guide and a list of additional resources about the act. www.childwelfare.gov/fosteringconnections Give Us Your Feedback To help us meet your needs, we welcome your ideas and suggestions. Please check out our website for publications surveys and other ways you can provide input. Thank you! Connect With Information Gateway on Facebook Child Welfare Information Gateway is on Facebook! Become a fan today and start connecting with others in child welfare and related professions. www.facebook.com/childwelfare Contact Information Child Welfare Information Gateway Phone: 800.394.3366 Email: info@childwelfare.gov Web: www.childwelfare.gov E-lert! is a free service of the Children's Bureau/ACF/HHS and Child Welfare Information Gateway.