Project Overview: TXICFW staff is consulting with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services as they restructure foster care rates to better meet the needs of providers. For more… Read more »
Foster Care
TXICFW believes that every child in the foster care system has a right to a safe, supportive and stable home. We also believe physical permanency and relational permanency or lifelong relationships with supportive adults are key to successfully creating the highest quality of life for foster youth. The needs of youth transitioning out of foster care are unique and can be numerous. TXICFW is dedicated to creating a system of support that mentors and advocates for the needs of transitioning foster youth. Learn more about our foster care projects:
Current Projects
Texas Youth Permanency Study
The Texas Youth Permanency Study (TYPS) examines the long-term outcomes and opportunities of youth in the Texas Foster Care System. Specifically, the study seeks to understand the quality of relationships… Read more »
Completed Projects
National Angels Program Evaluation
National Angels embarking on program evaluation, striving to build evidence National Angels has partnered with the Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing (TXICFW) to explore the impact of its… Read more »
TFYHI 6 Month Progress Report: July – December 2020
March 4th, 2021 We are excited to share the 6-month progress report for the Texas Foster Youth Health Initiative (TFYHI)! As the first statewide learning community of its kind in… Read more »
Texas Foster Youth Health Initiative
Project Overview: The Texas Foster Youth Health Initiative (TFYHI) builds relationships across child welfare and adolescent health systems to promote optimal health for child welfare-involved youth. In partnership with the… Read more »
Learning About Healthy Relationships
About the study Foster youth tend to interact with many people, but they have few genuine connections. Older youth are most likely to experience placement instability that impacts their ability… Read more »
Texas Permanency Outcomes Project (TXPOP)
The Texas Permanency Outcomes Project (TXPOP) develops sustainable best practices utilized by child welfare agencies across Texas to connect children to their birth families, regardless of their permanency outcome. TXPOP… Read more »
The Sue Fairbanks Psychoanalytic Academy
The Sue Fairbanks Psychoanalytic Academy cultivates its study at the intersection of psychoanalysis and social work. The Academy is located within the Texas Institute for Child and Family Wellbeing at… Read more »
SHINE: positive Sexual Health for youth IN out-of-home Environments
Youth who have experienced adversity have higher rates of adolescent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections compared to youth in general. Those in out-of-home care may miss sexual health education in… Read more »
Safe Babies Program Evaluation
The Safe Babies program is designed to improve outcomes for infants and toddlers in foster care by supporting their attachment needs at the most critical time in a child’s development. … Read more »
Family Minds: An Attachment-based Mentalizing Psycho-Educational Intervention for Foster and Adoptive Parents
Introduction David Howe, a world-renowned researcher in attachment and foster children, has stated (2006) that the most effective and impactful way to help foster children is to “work with and… Read more »
Spark Program
The University of Texas Spark Program wants to empower former foster youth by providing necessary support systems to attend the university! Spark serves as a resource to help students build… Read more »
Texas Youth Permanency Study
The Texas Youth Permanency Study (TYPS) examines the long-term outcomes and opportunities of youth in the Texas Foster Care System. Specifically, the study seeks to understand the quality of relationships… Read more »
National Angels Program Evaluation
National Angels embarking on program evaluation, striving to build evidence National Angels has partnered with the Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing (TXICFW) to explore the impact of its… Read more »
TFYHI 6 Month Progress Report: July – December 2020
March 4th, 2021 We are excited to share the 6-month progress report for the Texas Foster Youth Health Initiative (TFYHI)! As the first statewide learning community of its kind in… Read more »
Texas Foster Youth Health Initiative
Project Overview: The Texas Foster Youth Health Initiative (TFYHI) builds relationships across child welfare and adolescent health systems to promote optimal health for child welfare-involved youth. In partnership with the… Read more »
Learning About Healthy Relationships
About the study Foster youth tend to interact with many people, but they have few genuine connections. Older youth are most likely to experience placement instability that impacts their ability… Read more »
Texas Permanency Outcomes Project (TXPOP)
The Texas Permanency Outcomes Project (TXPOP) develops sustainable best practices utilized by child welfare agencies across Texas to connect children to their birth families, regardless of their permanency outcome. TXPOP… Read more »
The Sue Fairbanks Psychoanalytic Academy
The Sue Fairbanks Psychoanalytic Academy cultivates its study at the intersection of psychoanalysis and social work. The Academy is located within the Texas Institute for Child and Family Wellbeing at… Read more »
SHINE: positive Sexual Health for youth IN out-of-home Environments
Youth who have experienced adversity have higher rates of adolescent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections compared to youth in general. Those in out-of-home care may miss sexual health education in… Read more »
Safe Babies Program Evaluation
The Safe Babies program is designed to improve outcomes for infants and toddlers in foster care by supporting their attachment needs at the most critical time in a child’s development. … Read more »
Family Minds: An Attachment-based Mentalizing Psycho-Educational Intervention for Foster and Adoptive Parents
Introduction David Howe, a world-renowned researcher in attachment and foster children, has stated (2006) that the most effective and impactful way to help foster children is to “work with and… Read more »
Spark Program
The University of Texas Spark Program wants to empower former foster youth by providing necessary support systems to attend the university! Spark serves as a resource to help students build… Read more »