Despite the state of Texas pulling out of the Federal Refugee Resettlement Program earlier this year, local non-profits continue to help resettle refugees. In the past few years, there has… Read more »
Blogs
The Journey to Safety: Let’s humanize Central American women seeking asylum in the US.
By Monica Faulkner Last Monday morning, pictures began appearing on social media of roughly 460 women and children being bused from immigration detention centers to non-profits and churches in San… Read more »
Child Welfare Conference 2016: a recap
By Kate McKerlie 135 social workers, case managers, CASA volunteers, probation officers, and other child welfare advocates attended our 4th Annual Child Welfare Conference at Thompson Conference Center at the… Read more »
Make CPS a place where social workers want to work
A Texas Legislative panel has proposed to raise the salary of caseworkers by $12,000. Our Director, Monica Faulkner and Will Francis, the Government Relations Director at the Texas chapter of the… Read more »
How do you prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in Central Texas?
By Kate McKerlie & Beth Gerlach Are you one of the 2.5 million people that have viewed Dr. Nadine Burke Harris’s TEDTalk describing how childhood stress can lead to lifetime… Read more »
TXICFW welcomes new research coordinator, Tymothy Belseth
By Kate McKerlie In late September TXICFW welcomed Tymothy Belseth to our team. Tym has worked for DFPS as a Youth Specialist for several years and will be joining us as… Read more »
Restorative Discipline in Texas: Preparing Texas schools to engage in healing dialogue
By Sam La Pres & Kate McKerlie At The Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing (TXICFW) we believe that research and practice cannot be viewed as two separate entities. Both must go hand… Read more »
Exploring greater inclusivity in adolescent sexuality education.
By Helen Hollis Last month CFRI’s Dr. Monica Faulkner, Jeni Brazeal, and Kate McKerlie, presented at the Texas Behavioral Health Institute Conference in Austin, Texas. All three have worked in… Read more »
Addressing the Cradle-to-Prison Pipeline in Travis County: Southwest Key Programs
By Sam La Pres At CFRI, we are dedicated to discovering and implementing solutions to the social justice issues many of our community’s families and children endure. In order to… Read more »
How do we compare? Looking at foster care systems around the world.
By Joseph Barron As researchers and students at the Child and Family Research Institute, we make it a priority to understand the systems that lead to higher quality of life… Read more »