Cody Inman

In December, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) launched a significant shift in federal child welfare oversight: a pilot redesign of the Program Improvement Plan (PIP). For decades, PIPs have served as the primary mechanism for states to respond to findings from the Child and Family Services Reviews (CFSR). 

When Congress passed the Family First Prevention Services Act, it made a simple but profound promise: that we would invest in keeping families safely together, not just in responding after a child has already entered foster care.