The ABA Center on Children and the Law is pleased to share Immigration Issues in the Child Welfare System: Case Studies. This resource provides guidance on how to navigate a number of scenarios in which children and their families may benefit from support services but face intersecting immigration and child welfare legal challenges.

Children's Defense Fund has recently released the Implementing the Family First Prevention Services Act Guide created in partnership with ChildFocus, American Academy of Pediatrics, Generations United, FosterClub, Juvenile Law Center, and National Indian Child Welfare Association.  The guide is a question-and-answer-style resource containing commonly asked questions about the many important provisions in Family First. 

A resource that includes a summary and rationale for each of the Act’s provisions and answers a number of questions being asked about its implementation.  An implementation timeline of the Act’s various provisions is also included. This brief is a collaborative effort of the Children’s Defense Fund, Child Welfare League of America, First Focus, Generations United, Foster Family-based Treatment Association and Voice for Adoption. It will be updated as additional questions or clarification come forward and further issuances from the Children’s Bureau are released (2015).

Policy report by Lily Ford as part of the 2026 Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute Report. The report explains current gaps and inconsistencies in eligibility for Guardianship Assistance Program (GAP) Payments, and access to Chafee benefits for youth in guardianships. The report recommends expanding Chafee program eligibility to all youth exiting to guardianship, extending GAP payments until 21, streamlining kin-specific licensing standards through federal technical assistance, and eliminating birth-family income requirements from GAP reimbursements.