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Report: Integrating Services to Strengthen Children, Youth, and Families and Prevent Involvement in the Child Welfare System
This brief focuses on child welfare-related prevention by highlighting initiatives from case studies that used service integration and agency collaboration to (1) increase protective factors, (2) prevent child maltreatment and reduce substantiated reports, and (3) prevent homelessness among youth aging out of foster care. The brief explores four key themes for successful integration to prevent child welfare system involvement:
- Involve community members and organizations in planning, designing, and implementing an integrated services approach
- Focus on establishing trust and relationships with families served to repair harm
- Use a person-centered approach to implement services
- Braid flexible funding sources to respond to communities' varied needs