Project Overview The Annie E. Casey Foundation contracted the Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing to conduct a participatory action research project to understand how school communities that have… Read more »
Project
Current Projects
Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) Project
Project Overview The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) contracted with the Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing (TXICFW) for a 5-year project to develop and implement a… Read more »
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
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
New TXICFW study published on what makes youth in foster care feel supported and connected to the adults in their lives
By Allie Long TXICFW’s Barbara Ball, Monica Faulkner, and Tymothy Belseth, in addition to Child Welfare PhD Fellow Lalaine Sevillano, recently published a new study in the Children and Youth… 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) Project
Project Overview The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) contracted with the Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing (TXICFW) for a 5-year project to develop and implement a… Read more »
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
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 »
New TXICFW study published on what makes youth in foster care feel supported and connected to the adults in their lives
By Allie Long TXICFW’s Barbara Ball, Monica Faulkner, and Tymothy Belseth, in addition to Child Welfare PhD Fellow Lalaine Sevillano, recently published a new study in the Children and Youth… 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »