There are a number of resources available to assist and guide advocacy organizations in leveraging the opportunities provided by the Family First Prevention Services Act, including:
GENERAL GUIDANCE
(2/2023) Update on FFPSA Implementation and Tools, Administration on Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(2/2023) APHSA Webinar – Looking Back: 5 Years of Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA), American Public Human Services Association
(12/2021) Unlocking the “Prevention Services” in the Family First Prevention Services Act, American Public Human Services Association
(04/01/2021) The Family First Planning and Readiness Toolkit, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
(04/01/2021) 2021/2022 Prevention Resource Guide, Child Welfare Information Gateway
(03/17/2021) Title IV-E Prevention Program, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(12/2020) The Family First Prevention Services Act of 2018: A Guide for the Legal Community, American Bar Association
FamilyFirstAct.org, web resource hosted by FosterClub
(08/04/2020) WEBINAR: The State of Prevention—Family First Prevention Services Act and Child Welfare, Alliance for Early Success
(08/2020) Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) & HFA home visiting, Healthy Families America
(03/12/2020) Planning Title IV-E Prevention Services: A Toolkit for States, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(03/2020) Putting Family First: Developing an Evidence-Based Child Welfare Preventive Practice Model, Annie E. Casey Foundation(July 2020) Family First Prevention Services: Conducting a Fiscal Analysis, Annie E. Casey Foundation and William T. Grant Foundation
(02/18/2020) Implementing the Family First Prevention Services Act, Children’s Defense Fund
(2020) Podcast Episode: Family First – Title IV-E Prevention Plan Implementation Updates, Part 1, HHS Child Welfare Information Gateway
(02/2019) New Tool Kit Helps Leaders Communicate the Benefits of Family First Law, Annie E. Casey Foundation
(2019) Family First Prevention Services Act, HHS Capacity Building Center for State
CANDIDACY
(09/2020) Candidacy Considerations for the Preventive Provision of Family First, Chapin Hall at theUniversity of Chicago
(03/12/2020) Family First Prevention Services Act: Candidacy by Jurisdiction, Chapin Hall and Casey Family Programs
(10/2019) Family First Prevention Services Act: Candidacy Considerations, Chapin Hall and Casey Family Programs
COVID RELIEF FUNDING
State’s plans to utilize CRRSA, American Rescue Plan, and other COVID relief resources for child welfare services can be found in the Alliance’s Rescue and Relief Resource Center.
INFANTS, TODDLERS, AND YOUNG PARENTS
(08/2020) Podcast Episode: Supporting Parenting and Expectant Teens in Foster Care, HHS Child Welfare Information Gateway
(02/27/2020) States can improve supports for infants and toddlers who are in or at risk of entering foster care, Child Trends and ZERO TO THREE
(10/2018) Family First Prevention Services Act: Pregnant & Parenting Youth FAQs, Center for the Study of Social Policy
(10/2018) Family First Prevention Services Act, ZERO TO THREE
KINSHIP CARE
(03/2024) Making a Way Out of No Way: The Importance of Improving Financial Instability Among African American Kinship Care Families, Children and Youth Services Review
(2/2023) Kinship Navigator Programs Around the United States, Generations United
(04/2021) GrandFacts: State Fact Sheets for Grandparents and Other Relatives Raising Children, Generations United
(03/31/2021) Strategies to Build Evidence for Kinship Navigator Programs Under the Family First Act, Child Trends
(03/11/2021) Family First Peer Learning Session, Family Voices United
(2021) It’s All Relative: Supporting Kinship Care Discussion Guides and Video Series, HHS Capacity Building Center for States
(01/2020) Supporting Kinship Caregivers Through the Family First Prevention Services Act, Annie E. Casey Foundation
(2018) Family First Prevention Services Act: Implementing the Provisions that Support Kinship Families, Grandfamilies.org
RESEARCH AND EVALUATION
(4/2023) Summary of Programs Rated by the Prevention Services Clearinghouse, Casey Family Programs
(10/2021) Interventions Relevant to Children and Families Being Served with Family First Funding that Have Been Shown to be Effective with Families of Color, Casey Family Programs
(04/2021) REPORTING GUIDE for Study Authors, For Version 1.0 of the Title IV-E Prevention Services Clearinghouse Handbook of Standards and Procedures, HHS Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
(03/31/2021) Strategies to Build Evidence for Kinship Navigator Programs Under the Family First Act, Child Trends
(12/2020) Implications of COVID-19 on the Research and Evaluation Provisions of the Family First Act, Child Trends
TRIBES AND TITLE IV-E
(01/2021) Information Memorandum (IM-21-04): Allowable flexibilities related to adaptations of evidence-based programs in the title IV-E prevention services program for tribal communities, HHS Children’s Bureau
(07/2020) Requirements and Opportunities for Tribal Nations Under the Family First Act; pp 142-157, Implementing the Family First Prevention Services Act, Children’s Defense Fund
(09/06/2019) North Dakota Tribes Sign Updated Agreement with State Over Child Welfare Services, Bismarck Tribune
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