"The Compendium of Policy and Practice provides a comprehensive, up-to-date review of programs, policies, and practices that span the child welfare continuum from family support to early intervention to permanency and post permanency for families. It is encyclopedic in scope, covering a multitude of topics that are critical to the field. Using the Compendium as a resource, along with increasingly sophisticated research, and combining the knowledge and passion of children, youth, parents, and professionals, child welfare will find its way forward. Child welfare is ripe for reform."
— Jill Duerr Berrick, Zellerbach Family Foundation Professor, School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley

The Compendium includes:

Volume I: Evolution of Protecting, Strengthening, and Sustaining Children and Families
Introduction by Mark Testa
Volume I features an overview of foundational topics that are critical for understanding the current child welfare system and the well-being of children and families in the United States. Chapters in this volume offer a historical perspective on child welfare, analysis of key policies that impact children and families, reflections on prevention and the needs of families, and recommendations for critical practices such as family engagement and trauma-informed care.

Volume II: Approaches to Child and Family Protection: Core Opportunities and Challenges in Child- and Family-Serving Systems
Introduction by Eun Koh
Volume II explores identities and challenges that may affect entry into child welfare and other systems, as well as families’ experiences once they are system-involved. Chapters in this volume examine critical issues such as mental and physical health, substance use, family violence and housing instability, as well as the needs and perspectives of specific populations, including youth and families with disabilities, those who identify as LGBTQ+, families who are immigrants, and those from culturally and ethnically diverse backgrounds. 

Volume III: Approaches to Family and Child Support and Sustainability
Part I Introduction by Jim Gleeson, Part II Introduction by Charlene Ingram
Volume III highlights principles of practice for professionals in child- and family-serving systems. The first part of the volume focuses on micro- and mezzo-level topics and interventions for children and families in kinship or foster care; LGBTQ+ youth in child welfare; strategies for helping children and families achieve and maintain permanency; specific practices such as risk assessments, in-home services, and motivational interviewing; and considerations for youth who are pregnant or parenting.

Volume IV: Science and Data Translation into Practice and Policy
Introduction by Rick Barth
Volume IV focuses on research, evaluation, and continuous improvement in child- and family-serving systems. Chapters explore research translation in child welfare, education, and mental health; the use of implementation science; and data use throughout systems.

Volume V: Inter-Professional Workforce Supervision and Development
Introduction by Peter Pecora
Volume V considers key issues related to the workforce in child- and family-serving systems. Chapters examine the topics of leadership and supervision, worker turnover, workforce development, the well-being of professionals in the field, and cross-system collaboration.