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Child Welfare Information Gateway E-lert! April 2013 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 and 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 you free if they are available. The Information Gateway website search function is now powered by Google. Check it out today! April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month Learn about how you can help raise awareness during April and throughout the year by visiting the 2013 National Child Abuse Prevention Month website. Some of the many features include: Preventing Child Maltreatment and Promoting Well-Being: A Network for Action 2013 Resource Guide Tip sheets addressing particular parenting concerns or questions to distribute to parents and caregivers (available in English and Spanish) Three calendars with activities relating to the six protective factors (available in English and Spanish) https://www.childwelfare.gov/preventing/preventionmonth What's New 2013 Training & Technical Assistance (T&TA) Network Directory Designed for States and Tribes, the directory describes the specific focus of each T&TA Network member and provides contact information. http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/assistance Children's Bureau Timeline An interactive look at the most significant events in the Children's Bureau's 100-year history and the social and political events that shaped its evolution. https://cb100.acf.hhs.gov/childrens-bureau-timeline?utm_source=elert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Timeline Chronic Child Neglect Discusses what we know about chronic child neglect and then reviews ways to work with families experiencing chronic neglect, including critical elements of successful casework practice. https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/chronic_neglect.cfm Updates Alternatives for Families: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (AF-CBT) Highlights the characteristics and benefits of AF-CBT to help child welfare caseworkers who work with at-risk families make more informed decisions about when to refer children and their caregivers to AF-CBT programs. https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/cognitive/ Openness in Adoption: Building Relationships Between Adoptive and Birth Families Describes various levels of openness, potential benefits, important considerations, and tips for building and strengthening open relationships. https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/f_openadopt.cfm Working With Birth and Adoptive Families to Support Open Adoption Intended to help professionals guide birth and adoptive families who are contemplating open adoption or who are already having postadoption contact. https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/f_openadoptbulletin.cfm In This Month's CBX The April issue of Children's Bureau Express (CBX) highlights a community-based child abuse prevention (CBCAP) grantee, the Maryland Family Network. This month's issue also presents research on the science of neglect, new State legislation amending existing child maltreatment laws, and promising practices in child abuse prevention. https://cbexpress.acf.hhs.gov Subscribe to CBX at https://www.childwelfare.gov/admin/subscribe Did You Know? Rural Child Welfare Web Section The resources in this section will help child welfare professionals at all levels serve children and families in rural communities. https://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/rural/ Upcoming Conferences We will be at the following upcoming conferences. Please stop by and see us if you will be attending! April 28-30: Office of Head Start 2nd National Birth to Five Leadership Institute, in National Harbor, MD April 30-May 1: 2013 Adoption Exchange Association Conference: "Reimagining Adoption Exchanges in Our Rapidly Changing World," in Boulder, CO 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 and the Children's Bureau on Facebook Child Welfare Information Gateway and the Children's Bureau are on Facebook! "Like" both pages today and start connecting with others in child welfare and related professions. http://www.facebook.com/childwelfare http://www.facebook.com/thechildrensbureau Contact Information Child Welfare Information Gateway Phone: 800.394.3366 Email: info@childwelfare.gov Web: https://www.childwelfare.gov Chat live with an Information Specialist between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. EDT. E-lert! is a free service of the Children's Bureau/ACF/HHS and Child Welfare Information Gateway.