Current Projects

Texas Permanency Outcomes Project (TXPOP)

Texas Permanency Outcomes Project (txpop)

Project Overview 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… Read more »

Safe Babies Program Evaluation

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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

Texas Foster Youth Health Initiative

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 »

Annual UT Child Welfare Conference

About #CWConf: The UT Child Welfare Conference seeks to unite research & practice and promote resilience in children and families. The Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing (TXICFW) has been able to… Read more »