WAFCA  is pleased to provide you with the following resources and data.

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Child & Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) Tool
Key documents pertaining to the Child Welfare-CANS in Wisconsin

Child Abuse and Neglect

• Fact Sheet on Wisconsin
• Annual Report on WI Child Abuse and Neglect (DCF)
• Child Maltreatment Costs of Intervention versus Prevention (WI Children's Trust Fund)

Supporting Families/Integrating Services for Families

• WAFCA Supports Governor's Proposal to Form New Department Focused on Families - January, 2007
• Family Team Meetings: Basic Principles and Practice (Power Point)
• Family Teaming:  A Family Engagement Strategy for Improved Child Welfare Practice (October 2004)
• A Vision and Plan for Improving Child Well Being and Strengthening Families in Wisconsin using Service Integration as the Path (June 2003)
• Comparison Chart of El Paso County, CO and Milwaukee County TANF and Child Welfare Systems
• Subsidized Guardianship Fact Sheet
• Family Ties: Supporting Permanence for Children in Safe and Stable Foster Care with Relatives and Caregivers (Fostering Results)
• Learning and Working Together! Integrating Domestic Violence and Child Welfare Services

DHS 35: Resources for Wisconsin Outpatient Mental Health Clinics
This website serves as an information "hub" for Licensed Outpatient Mental Health Clinics regarding the requirements under the new DHS 35 and the resources available to inform and assist clinics in their efforts to come into compliance. 
 
 

Youth "Aging Out" of Foster Care/Transitioning to Adulthood

• Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth:  Conditions of Youth Preparing to Leave State Care - Executive Summary (Chapin Hall)

• WAFCA Press Release -- Wisconsin Takes Steps to Support Former Foster Youth:  Study Shows Youth Still Face Barriers When Compared with Peers

• Positive Behavior Support Resources and Training Information
• Trauma Sensitive Care Resources
  Across the care spectrum (including children, families, elders)
  Strategies for organizational change and more
• Creating Strength-based and Trauma Sensitive Care: Preventing the Need for Coercive Interventions

Improving Child Welfare:  The State Discussion

• Governor's KidsFirst Initiative   *Large Document
• Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) Information
• Child Welfare Program Enhancement Plan

Improving Child Welfare:  The National Discussion

• Fostering the Future:  Safety, Permanence and Well-Being for Children in Foster Care:  The final report of the Pew Commission on Children in Foster Care
• Pew Commission Press Release on Final Report
• A View from the Bench: Summary of Key Findings from a National Survey of Dependency Court Judges (Fostering Results)