California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare

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This month, we celebrate the strength, resilience, and diversity of LGBTQ+ communities while reaffirming the importance of inclusion, equity, and belonging for all. Every child, youth, and family deserves to feel safe, supported, respected, and empowered to live authentically. 🏳️‍🌈💙

Together, we can continue building communities and systems that honor identity, promote well-being, and support positive outcomes for everyone.

📈 20 years of growth, learning, and advancing evidence-based practice in child welfare.

When the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC) launched in 2006, the Program Registry included just 17 programs. Today, the CEBC features 600 programs supporting children, youth, and families across a wide range of topic areas and service needs.

As research evolves and the needs of the field continue to grow, the CEBC remains committed to helping agencies, organizations, and professionals identify and implement research-supported practices that promote child and family well-being.

Thank you to everyone who has been part of the CEBC’s journey over the past 20 years. 💙

💡 Stay connected with the latest updates from the CEBC and discover resources that can help inform practice, implementation, and decision-making across child welfare systems.

📬 Our next monthly CEBC Connection newsletter comes out next week — subscribe now so you don’t miss it.

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When children enter out-of-home care, supporting safe and lasting family connections remains a critical priority. 💙

During , we recognize the importance of strengthening families, supporting communities, and advancing reunification efforts through research-informed, evidence-based practices that help children and families thrive.

Reunification is more than a goal — it’s a process that requires support, collaboration, and access to effective services that promote stability, healing, and long-term well-being. 🤝

Learn more about evidence-based programs and resources that support reunification and permanency outcomes through the CEBC website:
https://www.cebc4cw.org/topic/reunification/

This June, the CEBC is proud to celebrate 20 years of advancing evidence-based practices for children and families involved with the child welfare system. 🎉

To kick off our anniversary month, we’re honored to share reflections from Laine Alexandra, LCSW, the CEBC’s first project manager, who helped shape the foundation of the CEBC in its earliest days.

In this special video, Laine reflects on the vision, collaboration, and dedication that helped transform the CEBC from a proposal on paper into a nationally and internationally recognized resource for the field.

“It truly has been one of the highlights of my career.”

Thank you to Laine and to the many professionals, partners, researchers, and contributors who have helped advance the CEBC over the past 20 years. Your expertise and commitment continue to support evidence-based decision-making and improve outcomes for children and families.

🎥 Watch Laine’s story below and celebrate 20 years of impact with us.

https://youtube.com/shorts/Rp10UpzYtMU?feature=share

CEBC 20th Anniversary: Laine Alexandra Laine Alexandra, LCSW, shares her experience with starting the CEBC.

Every child deserves the opportunity to grow up connected to family, community, and support systems that help them thrive. 💙

More than 329,000 children and youth were in foster care across the U.S. in 2024 — a reminder of the ongoing importance of reunification and permanency-focused support for families involved with child welfare.

Evidence-based programs can play a critical role in helping strengthen family connections, support reunification efforts, and promote safe, stable, and lasting permanency outcomes.

The CEBC offers several topic areas featuring programs and resources designed to support children, youth, and families throughout the permanency journey.

🔎 Explore resources:
✨ Reunification: https://www.cebc4cw.org/topic/reunification/
✨ Post-Permanency Services: https://www.cebc4cw.org/topic/post-permanency-services/
✨ Post-Reunification Services: https://www.cebc4cw.org/topic/post-reunification-services/
✨ Visitation Programs: https://www.cebc4cw.org/topic/supervised-visitation/

This month, the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC) is proud to celebrate 20 years of advancing the effective implementation of evidence-based practices for children and families involved with the child welfare system.

Since 2006, the CEBC has served as a trusted, research-informed resource supporting counties, agencies, organizations, and individuals in identifying and implementing practices that strengthen child and family well-being.

Throughout June, we’ll be sharing milestones, memories, growth over the years, and reflections from partners and supporters who have been part of the CEBC journey.

Thank you for being part of our first 20 years — and the work still ahead.

May is — a time to recognize the importance of supporting adolescents in leading healthy, fulfilling lives. Young people thrive when they have access to trusted information, supportive environments, caring adults, and resources that promote lifelong well-being.

To support this important work, the CEBC recently launched two new Topic Areas:
🔹 Sexual & Reproductive Health Programs for Adolescents & Young Adults
🔹 Pregnant & Parenting Teen Services

These topic areas highlight programs and resources designed to support healthy development, informed decision-making, positive youth engagement, and improved outcomes for adolescents and young adults.

Explore the new topic areas:
➡️ Sexual & Reproductive Health Programs: https://cebc.link/SRH-TA
➡️ Pregnant & Parenting Teen Services: https://cebc.link/PPTS-TA

Together, we can help ensure young people have the support, resources, and opportunities they need to thrive.

📢 At the CEBC, we regularly review the programs on our website for newly published, peer-reviewed research articles to ensure that our program ratings remain current. Last month, the following programs on the CEBC website were reviewed for updated research:

• 3-5-7 Model®
• Arkansas Center for Addictions Research, Education, and Services (Arkansas CARES)
• The Center for Mind-Body Medicine (CMBM) Small Group Model for Adults
• Circle of Parents®
• Family Hui
• Friends for Youth 1 to 1 Mentoring
• I Can Problem Solve (ICPS)
• Individual Family – Psychoeducational Psychotherapy (IF-PEP)
• Intensive Alternative Family Treatment (IAFT®)
• Interventions for Children with Sexual Behavior Problems: Research, Theory and Treatment
• Kids Club & Moms Empowerment
• Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Children (MBCT-C)
• Multi-Family Psychoeducational Psychotherapy (MF-PEP)
• ParentCorps
• Relief Nursery
• The Respite Center at RISE Wisconsin
• Silver Lining Mentoring (SLM)
• Success Coach Service
• Too Good for Drugs (TGFD) 6th Grade

👉 Learn more about these and other additions & updates to the CEBC website in our April newsletter 🔗 https://cebc.link/CEBC-NL-May26

Check out the complete list of programs on our website: https://www.cebc4cw.org/