Foundations to Thrive: Mapping assets in Travis County that support young children and their families
Childhood Experiences (ACEs) can alter the brain development of children and contribute to poor health and social outcomes later in life. Universal prevention of children’s exposure to trauma and supporting families should be a top priority in all communities. In addition to this, screening for and addressing trauma that has already occurred (through various multi-level,… Read more »
Coffee Breaks with TXICFW
Introducing “Coffee Breaks with TXICFW!” Coffee Breaks is a professional development series for those who work with children and families. It’s an opportunity to receive FREE Continuing Education Credits while talking with experts and leaders in the field on Facebook Live. Each Coffee Break is 30 minutes and is hosted by one of our staff… Read more »
Clinician’s Corner
Welcome to Clinician’s Corner! This is a learning space where social work researchers and practitioners can exchange resources and knowledge to the increase successful usability of research findings in the social work field. The project culminates in an annual Clinician’s Corner digest that will be published on the TXICFW.socialwork.utexas.edu website. The content for the digest will be… Read more »
Quality Improvement Center for Adoption & Guardianship Support & Preservation
The National Quality Improvement Center for Adoption and Guardianship Support and Preservation (QIC-AG) is a five year project (2014-2019) awarded to Spaulding for Children in partnership with The University of Texas at Austin, The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. QIC-AG strives to 1) improve the permanency outcomes for… Read more »
Project HOPES Evaluation
Understanding the impact of community-based child maltreatment prevention. The Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing (TXICFW) at the University of Texas at Austin is collaborating with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS), Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI) division to carry out a cross-site evaluation of the Healthy Outcomes through Prevention and Early Support… Read more »
Child Care Market Rate Survey
Overview The Texas Child Care Market Rate Survey is a project carried out by the Child and Family Research Institute and the Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources at the University of Texas at Austin under contract with the Texas Workforce Commission. The objective is to gather and report on the rates… Read more »
Texas Youth Permanency Study
The Texas Youth Permanency Study will examine post-permanency experiences and long-term developmental outcomes of older youth in foster care. Permanency is a multi-dimensional concept describing who has legal responsibility for a child, who is the primary long-term caregiver for the child, where the child considers his or her home and who provides a sense of… Read more »
Hispanic Parent Study
Researchers at the School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin are conducting a study to understand how cultural values influence parenting within Hispanic families. Researchers leading this study include Drs. Lauren Gulbas, Esther Calzada and Monica Faulkner. Focus groups will be held this summer with parents of children ages 0-5, 6-10 and 10-18. Focus… Read more »
Undocumented Latino Families
TXICFW is working to strengthen and formalize UT School of Social Work’s response to recent waves of migrants seeking asylum, particularly from the “Northern Triangle” countries of Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador. Given that Texas has a large number of immigration detention facilities, including two facilities that house women and children, social workers have been… Read more »
Integrating ACE-informed care into medical practice: A needs assessment of healthcare providers in the Austin area.
The purpose of this study is three-fold: Assess the familiarity and experience of healthcare providers with Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) informed care. Assess the value and feasibility of implementing ACE-informed care. Assess the comfort and confidence of healthcare providers exploring ACEs with patients and their families. TXICFW, and members of the PTIRCC collaboration are conducting… Read more »