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

Child Abuse and Neglect

• Fact Sheet on Wisconsin
• Annual Report on WI Child Abuse and Neglect 2005 (Department of Health and Family Services)
• The Price of Child Abuse in Wisconsin (The 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 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)
• Family-Based Foster Care Works (Opinion)
• Learning and Working Together! Integrating Domestic Violence and Child Welfare Services

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

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

• New! 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
• NEW!  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
  • Ready for Success
  • Safe Kids
  • Strong Families
• 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 Better Way to Child Welfare (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Editorial)
• Conversations with Kathleen Dunn (Wisconsin Public Radio)  "Fostering Care and the State/Federal Partnership that Supports It" (5/19/04)
• A View from the Bench: Summary of Key Findings from a National Survey of Dependency Court Judges (Fostering Results)