This brief, published by the National Center for Children in Poverty, finds that to make welfare reform succeed, policymakers will need to focus on a subset of the most hard to serve families affected by welfare changes. It approaches this challenge from both a policy and service perspective. It explores the issue of parental risk and child development and suggests promising strategies for promoting resilience among young children and families.
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ResilienceNet, a collaboration between Assist International, Inc., and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is the most comprehensive worldwide source of current, reviewed information about human resilience. All resources listed in ResilienceNet have been reviewed by a panel of experts according to criteria for assuring their relevance and quality. ResilienceNet may be viewed in Spanish/en español.

Resiliency: A Paradigm Shift for Schools was published in Spring 1997 in Research/Practice, a publication of the Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement. This volume addresses the benefits of thinking about the resiliency of children, rather than their risk factors and draws our attention to some of the levers that schools and social agencies can affect. It also reviews some proven strategies that can work in schools and communities. A variety of articles are available online, including Resilience in Children at Risk and Tapping Innate Resilience in Today's Classrooms.