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Systems that care require a person-centered approach grounded in lived experience, data, insights, and action—so we can understand and effectively support people in the context of their lives.

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Featured Articles, Resources, and Research

Recent Articles

There is Strength in Every Story: Exploring Positive and Adverse Childhood Experiences in Foster Care

When Strengths Meet Community Needs: A Benefit Concert at GRAC

Congratulations to Brandon Howlett on Receiving the 2025 Lyman T. Johnson -Torch Bearer Award for the College of Education

Resources for Practitioners

The Development of a Child Sex Trafficking Screener Based on the CANS

Duration Matters: Impact of Treatment Length on Functioning and Out-of-Home Placement in Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance

New Research Highlights the ANSA as a Tool for Understanding Substance Use Treatment Outcomes in Young Adults

It Depends: Embracing the Ambiguity of the TCOM Tools

How to Survive a Large Family Including a Mental Illness and Remain Together: An Exploration of Our Lived Experience

Empathy, Insight, Transformation: A Trainer's Journey with CANS-NY and TCOM

“The Golden Rule” Can Be a Compass for Navigating Family Engagement

Resources for Policymakers and Administrators

English and Spanish CANS Reports Benefit Families Thanks to a Collaboration Between Santa Cruz County and Community Data Roundtable

Bridging Transitions for Success: CANS to ANSA, an Emerging Practice

“Want people to buy it? Sell it” The Pacific Clinics' Strategy for Implementing TCOM

What’s going on in California? How to seamlessly integrate CANS within the Child and Family Team (CFT) Process

How is Implementation of the CANS Outside of the U.S? – featuring Mother’s Choice in Hong Kong