Child Welfare Information Gateway

The Child Welfare Information Gateway is the congressionally mandated and funded information service of the United States Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, United States Department of Health and Human Services.[1] It was established in 2006 to replace the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information and the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse.[2][3] The Child Welfare Information Gateway covers child-welfare topics, including family-centered practice, child abuse and neglect, abuse and neglect prevention, child protection, family preservation and support, foster care, achieving and maintaining permanency, adoption, management of child welfare agencies and related topics such as child and family assessment, laws and policies, statistics and coincident family issues (e.g., domestic violence and substance abuse).[4] Its website links to sources of print and electronic publications, websites, databases and online learning tools on these topics.[5]

  1. ^ Adler, N. (2006, October 12). Caliber wins $31M health and human services contract. Washington Business Journal. Retrieved from http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2006/10/09/daily44.html
  2. ^ Glendenning, A. (2006, June 22). Announcing: The Child Welfare Information Gateway [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://www.families.com/blog/announcing-the-child-welfare-information-gateway
  3. ^ Children’s Bureau. (2006, July/August). Child Welfare Information Gateway now open. Children’s Bureau Express, 7(6). Retrieved from https://cbexpress.acf.hhs.gov/index.cfm?event=website.viewArticles&issueid=76&articleID=1180&keywords=child%20welfare%20information%20gateway
  4. ^ "Child & Family WebGuide". Tufts University. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
  5. ^ National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning. (2006, Summer). Child Welfare Information Gateway. Permanency Planning Today. Retrieved from "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2013. Retrieved September 18, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)