Strengthening Families and Communities: 2010 Resource Guide
Developed for service providers, this free guide highlights strategies to strengthen families by promoting key protective factors that prevent child abuse and neglect. It also includes tip sheets in both English and Spanish to share with parents. The Resource Guide is produced annually by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Children's Bureau, Office on Child Abuse and Neglect, Child Welfare Information Gateway, and the FRIENDS National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention. The 2010 guide was developed with input from numerous national organizations, Federal partners, and parents committed to strengthening families and communities.

http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/res_guide_2010/guide.pdf

Bringing Back the Dads: Engaging Fathers (Archived NRCPFC Teleconference)
Father involvement is critical to providing positive outcomes of safety, permanency, and well being for their children in the child welfare system. The Nat teleconference on Engaging Fathers that took place on March 10, 2010 is now archived on the NRCPFC website. This teleconference informs best practices related to the engagement of fathers and the paternal family in the public child welfare system. In this teleconference, presenters shared research and practice experiences, and discussed non-resident fathers and the legal system; fathers also shared their personal experiences with the child welfare system. On the NRCPFC website, you can download the audio recording of the teleconference, as well as handouts including the agenda and presenters’ contact information, a bibliography, a PowerPoint presentation, and many other relevant materials.
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/socwork/nrcfcpp/teleconferences/index.html#2010

Casey Family Scholars Program will be accepting applications through the Orphan Foundation of America (OFA) until March 31, 2010 for support to college students who were in foster care. Funding is anticipated for about 75 new undergraduate awards & up to ten graduate school awards for the 2010-2011 academic year. Students of color are especially urged to apply. Applicants must have been in foster care for one consecutive year at the time of their 18th birthday OR have been adopted or taken into legal guardianship after their 16th birthday. Learn more and apply online:
http://orphan.org/index.php?id=30

The Fostering A Future Scholarship, sponsored by Children's Action Network and the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, is a national scholarship program designed to provide youth who were adopted from foster care with financial assistance in pursuing a college, vocational, or technical education. The deadline for submitting this application is April 20, 2010.  Learn more and access the application:
http://www.childrensactionnetwork.org/scholarship.htm