We know substance use is involved in more than 2/3rds of child welfare situations and that an opioid drug crisis is currently plaguing communities across the nation. So far Texas… Read more »
Blogs
News From the Field: March 2018
This month’s News From The Field features a new publication on the rights of transition-age youth. We’re also excited for local early spring conferences like the Texas Campaign to Prevent… Read more »
News From The Field: February 2018
This month’s News From the Field features a new publication on the wellbeing of children whose mothers exit welfare. We’re also sharing some great upcoming professional development opportunities on issues… Read more »
News From the Field: January 2018
This month, we’re featuring statewide data books on healthy Texas mothers and babies. We’re also sharing some local professional development opportunities and upcoming conferences across Texas in the field of… Read more »
Coffee Breaks with TXICFW: How to Build Healthier Caregiver-child Relationships
Tina Adkins, Ph.D. Joins us on Coffee Breaks with TXICFW in February to discuss the ongoing evaluation of Family Minds, a short 3 session psycho-educational training which focuses on teaching… Read more »
Welcome to Jolynne Batchelor, TXICFW’s Newest Research Associate!
TXICFW welcomes Jolynne Batchelor, Ph.D., LCSW as our newest Research Associate. Jolynne has over 20 years of experience in social work as a practitioner, clinical supervisor, program administrator, researcher, and teacher…. Read more »
News From The Field: December 2017
This December, we’re featuring Austin holiday drives you can support! Donate or volunteer to help out kids in foster care and families in need across our community. Check them out… Read more »
How can I help children when I don’t work with children?
For National Adoption Month, Patricia A. Cody, PhD, wrote a guest blog on working in child welfare for TXICFW. Patricia is the Lead NAFCIES, fulfillment and ARCRI Evaluator at AdoptUSkids and… Read more »
News From The Field: November 2017
This month, we’re featuring a new publication on improving foster and adoptive recruitment outcomes. November is also National Adoption Month. Check out some resources from us and others below, along… Read more »
Clinician’s Corner 2017: The ACEs Issue
View the 2017 Clinician’s Corner on adverse childhood experiences here! Download PDF of our 2017 Clinician’s Corner here! Spring 2017 Dear Readers: Welcome to our first issue of Clinician’s Corner,… Read more »