Web Exercises

When youth are involved in the child welfare system, and later in the juvenile justice system, they are known as cross-over, joint cases, dual-system served, or multi-system involved youth.
  • Select one of the State and Local Examples, and describe how that program is supporting cross-over youth.
  • Select Child Abuse and Neglect, then Risk and Protective Factors.  What are some factors that contribute to child abuse and neglect?
  • Select Topics, then Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect, then National Child Abuse Prevention Month, then Get Involved.  What are some ways of getting involved to strengthen your community and the families in your community?
 
Girls Education and Mentoring Services empowers young women, ages 12–24, who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking.
  • View the video A World For Girls.  What is the main message of this video?  How could this video be used to advocate for this population?
  • Select About, then What We Do, then Our Services, then Prevention & Outreach.  What are some of the activities of the Outreach Team?
  • Select Get Involved, then More Than A Survivor Campaign.  What is the purpose of this campaign and how does it work?
 
The Annie E. Casey Foundation is devoted to developing a brighter future for millions of children at risk of poor educational, economic, social and health outcomes.  The foundations work focuses on strengthening families, building stronger communities and ensuring access to opportunity.
  • Select Our Work, then Child Welfare Strategy Group.  In the What We Do section, click on the link to “intensive consulting, coaching and technical assistance.  What do Casey Child Welfare Consultants do?
  • Select Families, then Adult Incarceration.  Select Broken Bonds, Understanding and Addressing the Needs of Children with Incarcerated Parents.  What are some of the recommendations on how this population can be better served?
  • Select Kids Count Data Center.  Select your state.  Select some indicators to build a custom indicator report for your community.  What did you learn?