What's New?

The California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC) is continuously providing new information on selected topic areas. Here are the new programs that have been added to the CEBC or new programs have been added to an existing topic area on the CEBC:

• Child Welfare Initiatives
  • Family Group Decision Making (FGDM) – detailed view
    – ? provisional rating until: Friday, March 23, 2012
    Children who are abused/neglected and their family groups.

    Topics: Child Welfare Initiatives, Family Stabilization
• Family Stabilization
  • Accelerated Reunification Model – detailed view
    – ? provisional rating until: Friday, March 23, 2012
    Families involved in the first time removal of a child within 24 - 48 hours of removal.

    Topics: Family Stabilization
  • Families First of Michigan – detailed view
    – ? provisional rating until: Friday, March 23, 2012
    Children who are at high risk of removal from their families due to abuse or neglect.

    Topics: Family Stabilization
  • Family Group Decision Making (FGDM) – detailed view
    – ? provisional rating until: Friday, March 23, 2012
    Children who are abused/neglected and their family groups.

    Topics: Child Welfare Initiatives, Family Stabilization
  • Foster Care Redesign – detailed view
    – ? provisional rating until: Friday, March 23, 2012
    Children of all ages, especially minority populations and those with diverse ethnicities, who are at risk of entering the child ...

    Topics: Family Stabilization
  • Homebuilders® – detailed view
    – ? provisional rating until: Friday, March 23, 2012
    Families with children (birth to 18) at imminent risk of placement into, or needing intensive services to return from, foster care, ...

    Topics: Interventions for Neglect, Post-Permanency Services, Reunification, Family Stabilization
  • Minority Youth and Family Initiative for African-Americans (MYFI) – detailed view
    – ? provisional rating until: Friday, March 23, 2012
    African American children and families involved with the child welfare system

    Topics: Family Stabilization
  • Minority Youth and Family Initiative for American Indian/Alaskan Native Children (MYFI) – detailed view
    – ? provisional rating until: Friday, March 23, 2012
    American Indian and Alaskan Native children and families

    Topics: Family Stabilization
  • Parent Support Outreach Program (PSOP) – detailed view
    – ? provisional rating until: Friday, March 23, 2012
    Families at risk of child maltreatment as identified by screened out child maltreatment reports, community referrals, or self-referral. Families that ...

    Topics: Family Stabilization
• Interventions for Neglect
  • Homebuilders® – detailed view
    – ? provisional rating until: Friday, March 23, 2012
    Families with children (birth to 18) at imminent risk of placement into, or needing intensive services to return from, foster care, ...

    Topics: Interventions for Neglect, Post-Permanency Services, Reunification, Family Stabilization
• Post-Permanency Services
  • Homebuilders® – detailed view
    – ? provisional rating until: Friday, March 23, 2012
    Families with children (birth to 18) at imminent risk of placement into, or needing intensive services to return from, foster care, ...

    Topics: Interventions for Neglect, Post-Permanency Services, Reunification, Family Stabilization
• Reunification
  • Homebuilders® – detailed view
    – ? provisional rating until: Friday, March 23, 2012
    Families with children (birth to 18) at imminent risk of placement into, or needing intensive services to return from, foster care, ...

    Topics: Interventions for Neglect, Post-Permanency Services, Reunification, Family Stabilization

We have also added 6 new assessment tools on August 24, 2011:

• Behavior Assessment System for Children (BASC™)
• Child Behavior Checklist for Ages 1.5-5 (CBCL/1.5-5)
• Child PTSD Symptom Scale (CPSS)
• Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (MFQ)
• Ohio Youth Problems, Functioning, and Satisfaction Scales (Ohio Scales)
• Screen for Childhood Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED)

New Online Video Tutorials:

• Check out our CEBC Overview Video Tutorial that will give a short overview of what you can find on our website.

Don’t forget to check out our Resources section for other important information, including a calendar of upcoming conference presentations and CEBC materials like our downloadable CEBC one-page guide.