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September 2013, Vol. 14, No. 7

	News From the Children's Bureau The twelfth in a series of reports about State performance on delivering child welfare services has been released, along with new statistics from the Children's Bureau on the numbers of children involved with the child welfare system. Also, look for the Children's Bureau's e-book celebrating its 100-year history. New Child Welfare Outcomes, AFCARS Reports Coming Soon: The Children's Bureau Legacy: Ensuring the Right to Childhood Federal Health Care, Mental Health Websites Connecting the Dots for Transitioning Youth Webinar: Early Identification of Autism and FAS in Foster Care New! From CB
	Spotlight on Continuous Quality Improvement In August 2012, the Children's Bureau released an Information Memorandum on Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI), the process by which organizations identify, describe, and analyze strengths and problems and then test, implement, learn from, and revise solutions. This month, CBX looks at how the child welfare field is using the philosophy of CQI to evaluate and improve interventions for children and families. We also highlight a new Children's Bureau CQI Training project. CB's Focus on Continuous Quality Improvement Building Child Welfare's CQI Capacity Promoting CQI: The NRC on Organizational Improvement CQI for Early Childhood Grantees Court Performance in Improving Child Well-Being CQI Practice Model in North Carolina
	Training and Technical Assistance Network Updates A new issue brief from the National Quality Improvement Center on Differential Response in Child Protective Services explores the intersection between differential response and disproportionality. We also highlight a new guide from the Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health about the importance of supporting father involvement. Differential Response and Disparities in Child Welfare Father Involvement in Systems of Care Using Data to Improve Outcomes More Updates From the T&TA Network
	Children's Bureau Grantee News A site visit report explores a diligent recruitment project in Ramsey County, MN, and a new synthesis of the Collaboration Between Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Child Welfare to Improve Child Welfare Program Outcomes grant cluster outlines lessons learned from the cluster's six projects. Site Visit: Diligent Recruitment in Ramsey County TANF and Child Welfare Collaboration Synthesis National Adoption Recruitment Campaign and Response
	Child Welfare News CBX points to the 2013 KIDS COUNT Data Book with State data on key indicators of child well-being, the results of the Children's Stability and Well-Being study conducted by PolicyLab at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and a report that outlines five practices that organizations need to successfully foster a culture of authentic child and family engagement. 2013 KIDS COUNT Data Book Authentic Child and Family Engagement Health Care Reform and Child Welfare Children's Stability and Well-Being Study Success Beyond 18 Campaign
	Strategies and Tools for Practice Improving Medicaid for Children in Care Cross-System Core Practice Model in California Working With Children With Incarcerated Parents
	Resources Illustrated Handbook for Immigrant Families CASCW Launches E-Newsletter Guide for Fathers Involved With Child Welfare Tools for Dealing With Parental Incarceration Rise: Your Lawyer and You
	Training and Conferences Certified Parent Support Provider Training Videos for Law Enforcement on Child Safety Conferences

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