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Scope
Scope
Parental involvement refers to a caregiver’s active participation in a child’s emotional development, education, supervision, and well-being.
This includes:
Family stability
Foster care placements
Home visiting services
Kinship care support
Why It Matters
Why It Matters
Strong parental engagement is one of the most protective factors against abuse, delinquency, and academic failure.
Increased foster care numbers indicate family system strain.
Home visiting and parenting programs reduce abuse and improve school readiness.
Children disconnected from engaged caregivers are at higher risk for justice involvement.
This domain directly intersects with DHR, juvenile court, schools, and mental health systems
This domain directly intersects with DHR, juvenile court, schools, and mental health systems
Required Data
Required Data
Number of children in foster care
Placement sufficiency
Home visiting program availability
411 Children
No there are not enough placements
The number of children under 20 years of age receiving foster care on March 31, for the years specified.e
Available Home Visiting Programs
Available Home Visiting Programs
Parents as Teachers (PAT)
HIPPY
Early Head Start
Healthy Families America
Visiting Programs Not Available
Visiting Programs Not Available
Nurse Family Partnership
Family Check Up
Early Intervention Program for Adolescent Mother
Child First
Primary Data Sources
Primary Data Sources
Alabama Kids Count (VOICES for Alabama’s Children)
Children in foster care (rate)
Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR)
Local foster care counts
Licensed foster homes
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