By Kaitlyn Doerge, MSSW The Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing has been collaborating with First3Years to evaluate the Safe Babies program since 2017. Safe Babies began in Tarrant County and has since extended its reach to Dallas County, with plans to start working with families in Harris County next month. Safe Babies seeks… Read more »
Safe Babies Evaluation Report March 2020 If you are having trouble accessing the report, please email Kaitlyn Doerge at kaitlyn.doerge@austin.utexas.edu. Recommended Citation: Faulkner, M., Doerge, K., Batchelor, J., Marra, L., LaBrenz, C., & McKerlie, K. (2020). Safe Babies Program Evaluation March 2020 Report. Austin, TX: The University of Texas at Austin.
Please note, the UT Austin Workday external title for this position is “Project Manager.” Internally, this new team member will be the “Project Director” for the Texas Foster Youth Health Initiative. Job Description: The Project Manager will be responsible for managing all aspects of the Texas Foster Youth Health Initiative project including coordination between sites,… Read more »
Please note, the UT Austin Workday external title for this position is “Statewide Training Coordinator.” Internally, this new team member will be the “Senior Administrative Program Coordinator” for the Texas Foster Youth Health Initiative. Job Description: The Statewide Training Coordinator will be responsible for conducting trainings for foster parents, foster youth, and community organizations. The… Read more »
Panisch, L. S., Faulkner, M., Fernandez, S. B., & Fava, N. M. (2020). Exploring how trauma is addressed in sexual education interventions for youth: A scoping review. Health Education & Behavior. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/1090198120954398
Interview by Allie Long At the beginning of this year, our Institute began a three-year partnership with the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) to help develop and implement a best practices case management model to serve families with children with special healthcare needs (CSHCN). Since its inception in 1933, the CSHCN Program has… Read more »
Please note, the UT Austin Workday external title for this position is “Curriculum and Training Specialist.” Internally, this new team member will be the “Senior Administrative Program Coordinator” for the Texas Permanency Outcomes Project. Job Description: The Curriculum and Training Specialist will develop curriculum and deliver training throughout the State of Texas to a diverse… Read more »
OVERVIEW: The Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing is committed to uniting social work research and practice. We do this by connecting communities to our research, trainings, and programs, as well as through our digital communications platforms. We are looking for someone to join our communications team to help us expand our work online… Read more »
September 10th, 2020 Austin, TX. About 50% of females who experience foster care in the United States are pregnant by age 19 compared to only 33% of girls across the nation who have a pregnancy by that age.[1] Despite disproportionately high pregnancy rates, there are limited interventions and community strategies to help reduce teen pregnancy… Read more »
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