Project Overview Foundation Communities, in partnership with United Way of Greater Austin, has contracted with the Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing (TXICFW) to conduct a 3-year program evaluation… Read more »
Child Maltreatment Prevention
TXICFW believes in order to effectively prevent child maltreatment within a community, interventions that promote and create safe, stable and nurturing relationships (SSNRs) in a child’s life have been shown to be the most effective at preventing and reducing the incidence of child maltreatment. Child maltreatment prevention services should address all the risk and protective factors of child maltreatment holistically on the child, family, community level. TXICFW believes the key to preventing child maltreatment is a comprehensive change of societal and social norms around child-rearing and intervening in family dynamics. Learn more about our work in child maltreatment prevention:
Current Projects
Safe Babies Program Evaluation
Project Overview First3Years is contracting with the Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing (TXICFW) to evaluate Safe Babies, a program designed to improve outcomes for infants and toddlers in… Read more »
Completed Projects
Children Exposed to Domestic Violence: Understanding the Community Service Response & Needs in Texas
Parenting and family-centered services are emerging areas of support available in domestic violence agencies. However more information is needed about the help-seeking, support needs, and service access and experience of… Read more »
Family Relational Therapy Program Evaluation
Project Overview: The Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing has been contracted by The Center for Child Protection to develop an evaluation plan for the Family Relational Therapy parenting… Read more »
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… 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… Read more »
Child Welfare Education Collaboration
The Child Welfare Education Collaboration program is a partnership between the Steve Hicks School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin and the Texas Department of Family… Read more »
PEI Retrospective Data Analysis
The Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing is conducting the Retrospective Data Analysis for the Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI) project of DFPS. This project entails the aggregation, cleaning,… Read more »
COAC Family Connections Project
The Family Connections Project is funded through a federal grant from the Administration on Children and Families. Dr. Monica Faulkner has been contracted by the New York Council on Adoptable… Read more »
Medical Examinations Project
Principal Investigator: Dr. Monica Faulkner Sponsor: Children’s Advocacy Centers of Texas, Inc. Purpose: To conduct a mixed methods project to examine the low rates of medical exams for child abuse… Read more »
Child Abuse & Neglect Prevention Across Texas: CFRI’s HOPES Program Evaluation Project
Last month was Child Abuse Prevention Month. This nationally recognized month has been a tradition since 1983. The US Department of Health & Human Services reported that in 2014 more… Read more »
Safe Babies Program Evaluation
Project Overview First3Years is contracting with the Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing (TXICFW) to evaluate Safe Babies, a program designed to improve outcomes for infants and toddlers in… Read more »
Children Exposed to Domestic Violence: Understanding the Community Service Response & Needs in Texas
Parenting and family-centered services are emerging areas of support available in domestic violence agencies. However more information is needed about the help-seeking, support needs, and service access and experience of… Read more »
Family Relational Therapy Program Evaluation
Project Overview: The Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing has been contracted by The Center for Child Protection to develop an evaluation plan for the Family Relational Therapy parenting… Read more »
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… 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… Read more »
Child Welfare Education Collaboration
The Child Welfare Education Collaboration program is a partnership between the Steve Hicks School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin and the Texas Department of Family… Read more »
PEI Retrospective Data Analysis
The Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing is conducting the Retrospective Data Analysis for the Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI) project of DFPS. This project entails the aggregation, cleaning,… Read more »
COAC Family Connections Project
The Family Connections Project is funded through a federal grant from the Administration on Children and Families. Dr. Monica Faulkner has been contracted by the New York Council on Adoptable… Read more »
Medical Examinations Project
Principal Investigator: Dr. Monica Faulkner Sponsor: Children’s Advocacy Centers of Texas, Inc. Purpose: To conduct a mixed methods project to examine the low rates of medical exams for child abuse… Read more »
Child Abuse & Neglect Prevention Across Texas: CFRI’s HOPES Program Evaluation Project
Last month was Child Abuse Prevention Month. This nationally recognized month has been a tradition since 1983. The US Department of Health & Human Services reported that in 2014 more… Read more »