Brief overview of law and court-related provisions of the Family First Prevention Services Act from the National Center for State Courts

Website for the National Family Preservation Network (NFPN). NFPN's mission is achieved through initiatives in the areas of family preservation, reunification, and father involvement. NFPN offers research-based tools, training resources, and technical assistance to public and private child- and family-serving agencies.

National Foster Care Month: It’s All Relative: Supporting Kinship Connections. Website with free tools and resources that focus on supporting resource families, which include foster parents, foster-to-adopt families, relative/kinship caregivers, and legal guardians.

On February 4, 2019, the Children’s Bureau released final National Model Family Foster Home Licensing Standards (National Model), as required by the Family First Prevention Services Act.  The Children’s Bureau used the NARA Model Family Foster Home Licensing Standards (NARA Model) as the “main source” for its proposed National Model, and then accorded it “considerable deference” in deciding whether to modify the proposed National Model.