Child Welfare Information Gateway E-lert! March 2010

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What's New
2010 National Child Abuse Prevention Month Website Visit the 2010 National Child Abuse Prevention Month website to find resources and strategies for engaging communities and supporting families. The site features:
Strengthening Families and Communities: 2010 Resource Guide, a guide to help service providers strengthen families by promoting key protective factors that prevent abuse.
A calendar with activities for each day related to the Five Protective Factors that help protect children and strengthen families.
A video showing how Child Welfare Information Gateway helps connect professionals with information and resources on preventing child abuse and neglect.
www.childwelfare.gov/preventing/preventionmonth New Subscription Service Delivering Child Welfare News Child Welfare in the News, our new, free subscription service, delivers the latest child welfare news to your inbox or RSS feed Monday through Friday. Each issue features timely news articles about child abuse and neglect, foster care, adoption, and other subjects of interest to child welfare workers, administrators, and advocates. Subscribe at www.childwelfare.gov/admin/subscribe Receive Child Welfare Resources and News by RSS Feed All of our free subscription services are available by RSS feed in addition to email. Subscribe to any or all of our feeds to receive the latest Information Gateway news and updates automatically. With RSS, content is delivered right to your web browser or feed reader. To learn more about RSS, visit www.childwelfare.gov/admin/subscribe/#page=help Subscribe to our services by RSS or email at www.childwelfare.gov/admin/subscribe
Updates
Preventing Child Abuse & Neglect Web Section We have enhanced the Preventing Child Abuse & Neglect section of our website (www.childwelfare.gov/preventing ). Find updated resources and materials throughout the section, including major improvements to:
Evaluating Prevention Programs www.childwelfare.gov/preventing/evaluating
Early Childhood and Child Care Services www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/service_array/earlychildhood
Respite Care Services www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/service_array/respite
In This Month's CBX
Award-winning Children’s Bureau Express (CBX) celebrates its 10th anniversary in the March issue, which takes a look at child welfare in the past decade. Read about some of the significant changes in the field and articles from special guest contributors. CBX covers news, issues, and trends of interest to professionals and policymakers in the interrelated fields of child abuse and neglect, child welfare, and adoption. cbexpress.acf.hhs.gov Subscribe to CBX at www.childwelfare.gov/admin/subscribe
Did You Know?
Information Gateway’s library holds more than 60,000 resources, with more than 16,000 available in full text. Our library offers you an array of literature relating to child welfare, including child abuse prevention, out-of-home care, and adoption. Items include peer-reviewed articles, books, evaluation reports, grantee final reports, program reports, and audiovisual materials. Access our Library Search page at http://library.childwelfare.gov/cwig/ws/library/docs/gateway/SimpleSearchForm Our newly redesigned Library Advanced Search is at http://library.childwelfare.gov/cwig/ws/library/docs/gateway/SearchForm
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