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Service Array

Learn how the Center helps agencies build capacity so communities can provide accessible services and partner with stakeholders to assess service gaps.

The Center for States helps child welfare agencies build capacity to strengthen their community’s abilities to provide accessible services and effectively partner with key stakeholders to assess service gaps. An effective service array can help agencies provide timely, quality, individualized services that protect and nurture children. Capacity building strategies include providing support to jurisdictions in strengthening community-based programs and service arrays that are accessible in all areas of the jurisdiction and customizable to family and individual needs.

Becoming a Family-Focused System

Use this collection of resources to help enhance agency culture and climate, identify areas that need attention, and implement improvements.

Building Capacity to Address Chronic Neglect From a System's Perspective

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Learn about the complexity of chronic neglect and how to assess system change to meet the needs of children and youth.

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Service Array

Families are aided in raising healthy, happy children when an array of supports and services is available in their community to assist them in meeting basic needs and gaining parenting and life skills. Families with limited resources, or those facing additional challenges, may need specialized services to help ensure positive outcomes. Explore the resources that Child Welfare Information Gateway has identified about service array.

Publication Year 2021
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Community Collaborations to Build Service Array

Community partners, when working collaboratively, can achieve more positive outcomes for children and families than each partner working separately. The goal of community collaboration is to bring together individuals, agencies, organizations, and other community members with a common vision and shared goals to systematically solve existing and emerging problems that could not be solved easily by one group alone. Successful community collaborations often are anchored by a shared stake in and accountability for achieving shared goal

Publication Year 2021
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Spotlight On Holistic Support for Youth Mental Health and Well-Being

Mental and behavioral health support doesn’t just mean clinical therapy; it comes in many different forms. Trauma-responsive care, support from caring adults who can provide life-long guidance, relationships with peers, and normative experiences during adolescence can help to mitigate earlier trauma and build a sense of belonging and security.

Publication Year 2023