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Press Contacts
Judith Meltzer, Deputy Director E-mail Thabiti Anyabwile, Senior Associate E-mail CSSP 1575 Eye Street N.W. Suite 500 Washington D.C. 20005 202.371-1565 (phone) 202-371-1472 (fax)

Resources

Major Initiatives

Center for Community Partnerships
Community Decision Making
Strengthening Families Through Early Care & Education

Human Resource Management Reform
Policy Matters
Non-Adversarial Child Welfare Reform
Casey-CSSP Alliance for Racial Equity in Child Welfare

International Learning: Resident Engagement and Leadership to Improve Results for Children and Youth, Families and Communities This international toolkit is a product of an international working group convened on resident engagement and leadership by the Center, the International Initiative for Children, Youth and Families and the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The toolkit includes contributions from each of our nations (Chile, Ireland, Israel, the Netherlands, United Kingdom and the United States) and was designed to support resident engagement and results-based work underway in our respective countries. Resident Engagement and Leadership to Improve Results for Children and Youth, Families and Communities (136 pgs, 1,177 kb, 2004)
Policy Matters: Encouraging Strong Family Relationships The relational well-being of families is an important factor affecting a family's economic success, physical and mental heath, the readiness and success of children in school, and the engagement of youth in positive and productive roles. In short, the strength of family bonds is crucial to a family's capacity to provide, nurture, and care for its members. Encouraging Strong Family Relationships Brief (24 pgs, 680 kb, 6/04) Encouraging Strong Family Relationships Book (73 pgs, 2,345 kb, 6/04)
Hired for Good (8 pgs, 105 kb, 6/04) This 8-page newsletter is the second of two informing Human Services leaders about human resource management steps they can take to improve the quality and stability of their workforce. The articles in this issue suggest targeted recruitment messages, highlights successful techniques for recruitment and hiring, and the importance of supporting staff in the critical first few years of employment. A final article describes how child and family outcome data may help address the challenge of measuring workforce performance.
Advancing Child Abuse and Neglect Protective Factors: The Role of Early Care and Educational Infrastructure Child abuse and neglect (CAN) are among the most gnawing and durably afflicting social challenges facing contemporary America. Stated simply, in the U. S. (and other Western countries), CAN consists of physical abuse, child neglect, sexual abuse, and emotional abuse. Occurring alone or together, these types of child maltreatment are prevalent, with their incidence continuing to rise and continuing to leave lasting and unfortunate legacies. Seventy percent of maltreating parents were themselves abused or neglected by their parents in childhood. While the majority of parents who were maltreated as children do not maltreat their children, it remains true that parenting behavior combined with social conditions can conspire to create fertile climates for CAN. Executive Summary (9 pgs, 385 kb, 5/04) / Commissioned Paper (32 pgs, 730 kb, 5/04)
Recent Statements Testimony of Judith Meltzer, Deputy Director, The Center for the Study of Social Policy. "On the Child in Need of Protection Amendment Act of 2003, Bill 15-389." (6 pgs, 51 kb, 11/03) > Related Reports Testimony of Judith W. Meltzer, Deputy Director, Center for the Study of Social Policy before the Committee on Human Services of the District of Columbia Council CFSA Oversight Hearing (2 pgs, 25.1 kb, 10/03) Testimony of Judith W. Meltzer, Deputy Director, Center for the Study of Social Policy and Court-appointed Monitor, LaShawn A. v. Williams Before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform (10 pgs, 64.3 kb, 6/03) Issue Briefs Improving the Readiness of Children for School (24 pgs, 140 kb, 10/03) Improving the Economic Success of Families (20 pgs, 127 kb, 10/03) Engaging Youth in Positive, Productive Roles (16 pgs, 112 kb, 2/03) CSSP in the News Louisville Courier-Journal (1/04) "Talkshop Helps Parents Keep Their Children: 10-week Teaches Adults Life Skills, More" by Sheryl Edelen Initiated as an effective parent education and support group process, Talkshops have become a common method of helping parents prevent child abuse and neglect utilizing Neighborhood Place staff, partners and community. Talkshops are supported by the Center for Community Partnerships in Child Welfare, NYC, the KY Cabinet for Health and Family Services and the Neighborhood Place system. St. Louis Dispatch (Nov. 25, 2003) Foster Care: Don't demonize the first responders to child abuse emergencies" By Gary Stangler The Independent.com (Oct. 19, 2003) "Aguilar to bring child protection ideas to G.I.: State senator learns about innovations in trip to St. Louis" By Mike Bockoven The approach, called Community Partnerships for Protecting Children, is based on the premise that there is no single factor that is responsible for child abuse and neglect, and that no single public agency can safeguard children.