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title: An Introduction to the Child Welfare Community Collaborations Grantees and Strategies
description: "The **Child Welfare Community Collaborations (CWCC) initiative** aims to unite communities in developing and evaluating multi-system partnerships to address local challenges and provide a range of services to prevent child abuse and neglect. Funded by the **Children’s Bureau (CB)** under…"
url: "https://bridges4mentalhealth.org/hub/collaboration-between-systems-coordination-of-services/an-introduction-to-the-child-welfare-community-collaborations-grantees-and-strategies/"
updated: "2026-07-31"
category: Collaboration Between Systems and Coordination of Services
tags:
  - Audience
  - Child welfare professionals
  - Mental health professionals
  - TA sites
---

# An Introduction to the Child Welfare Community Collaborations Grantees and Strategies

The **Child Welfare Community Collaborations (CWCC) initiative** aims to unite communities in developing and evaluating multi-system partnerships to address local challenges and provide a range of services to prevent child abuse and neglect. Funded by the **Children’s Bureau (CB)** under the **U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families (ACF),** the initiative awarded five-year cooperative agreements in 2018 and 2019 to **13 states, non-profits, and Native American tribal organizations.**

To strengthen evidence on collaborative prevention strategies, ACF’s **Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation** partnered with **Abt Associates and Child Trends** to implement the **Building Capacity to Evaluate Child Welfare Community Collaborations project.** This project includes:

- **Technical assistance (TA):** Supporting grantees and local evaluators in conducting project-specific evaluations.
- **Cross-site process evaluation:** Examining how communities develop and implement their CWCC strategies.

This brief provides an overview of the **CWCC initiative’s goals, timeline, and technical assistance,** as well as details on **each of the 13 grantees and the strategies used in CWCC projects.** It is part of a broader series of evaluation products designed to assess the initiative’s impact.

[Read More](https://acf.gov/opre/report/introduction-child-welfare-community-collaborations-grantees-and-strategies)

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