Working with our federal partners

The U.S. Department of Human Services Administration for Children and Families (ACF) has released an Information Memorandum (IM) on child welfare and homelessness. The IM is meant to help child welfare agencies implement a desired practice or rule. Identified within the IM are promising practices, one of which is Partnerships to Demonstrate the Effectiveness of Supportive Housing for Families in the Child Welfare System.

In addition, CSH and The U.S. Department of Human Services Administration for Children and Families (ACF) have jointly unveiled a new resource: Early Childhood Self-Assessment Tool for Family Supportive Housing – A Guide to Support the Safe, Healthy Development of Young Children. CSH and ACF are grateful to the many experts who contributed to the Tool. We look forward to its wide distribution and use in the field, and are eager to receive feedback that will allow us to continuously refine it to bring maximum benefit to those we care about most: our families and young children in supportive housing. Learn more.

Learn more about the Child Welfare and Supportive Housing Resource Center by clicking here.

Learn more about the CSH Keeping Families Together initiative by clicking here.

Learn more about the One Roof campaign by clicking here.

Five grantees representing over 65 public and private collaborations are part of the national Partnerships to Demonstrate the Effectiveness of Supportive Housing for Families in the Child Welfare System and are implementing family supportive housing in their communities. Visit the Child Welfare and Supportive Housing Resource Center online for more detailed information about the local demonstrations. The Resource Center provides expert technical assistance to the five demonstration sites and is managed by CSH. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children, & Families (ACF), Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), and four national foundations developed the $35 million public-private partnership designed to demonstrate the effectiveness of supportive housing for child welfare-involved families. Collaborating and funding foundations include the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), Annie E. Casey Foundation, Casey Family Programs, and Edna McConnell Clark Foundation.

Working With Our Federal Partners