Resource of the Week: Child Welfare Information Gateway
By John L. Vogel, Library Services Manager
Editor’s note: The Child Welfare Information Gateway — a service of the Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — has proven to be an excellent source of reports and other documents for our sister weblog, DocuTicker. Library Services Manager John Vogel routinely e-mails us to let us know what’s new on the site. We asked him to tell us more about the Gateway, and he kindly put together this Resource of the Week for you.
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Child Welfare Information Gateway promotes the safety, permanency, and well-being of children and families by connecting child welfare, adoption, and related professionals to information and resources that help them address the needs of children and families in their communities.
A service of the Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Child Welfare Information Gateway provides access to print and electronic publications, websites, and online databases covering a wide range of child welfare topics, including:
- Family-centered practice
- Preventing and responding to child abuse and neglect
- Supporting and preserving families
- Out-of-home care
- Achieving and maintaining permanency
- Adoption
- Systemwide issues and information
Website Highlights
+ Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect, including resources and information for Child Abuse Prevention month
+ National Foster Care & Adoption Directory, including State-by-State listings of adoption agencies, State officials and services, and support groups
+ Laws & Policies, including information on Federal and State laws
+ Statistics, reports, databases, and other sources of demographic data on children and families in the United States
+ Workforce & Training Resources, featuring curricula, publications, training organizations, and university degree programs
+ Improving Practices, including information and resources on evidence-based practice and program evaluation
+ Spanish-Language Publications from Information Gateway and others, for use by professionals and families
+ Online Catalog, providing listings and descriptions of all publications available from Information Gateway
+ Logic Model Builder to assist child abuse and neglect prevention and family support programs in evaluating their effectiveness in improving outcomes for children and families
+ Search the Information Gateway Library for full-text electronic versions and abstracts of more than 50,000 publications
+ Free email subscription services, including E-lert!, a monthly email about new Information Gateway publications and resources; My Child Welfare Librarian, which notifies you of recent additions to our library collection in your areas of interest; and Children’s Bureau Express, an online digest of news, issues, and trends in child welfare and adoption.
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