This serial "double issue" focuses on protecting children and supporting families through greater collaboration between child welfare services and family resource programs. The issue includes the featured articles: (1) "Making the Media a Constructive Force in Child Welfare" (Kathy Bonk), which discusses how the media and child welfare agencies can take steps to present child welfare in a way that educates the public and draws needed attention to the pressing issues of child protection; (2) "Race and Child Welfare Service: Myths, Realities, and Next Steps" (Mark E. Courtney and others), which addresses the poorer outcomes and fewer services provided for minority children; (3) "Latino Families and Child Welfare" (Robert M. Ortega and Ernest V. Nunez); (4) "Putting Federal Dollars To Work for Family Preservation and Support" (Marc Mannes), which reviews the federal Family Preservation and Support Service Program and presents case studies; (5) "Family Group Decision Making: An Internationally Replicated Alternative to Foster Care" (Lina Cramer and Lisa Merkel-Hoguin), which describes a model that fosters cooperation, collaboration, and communication between child welfare professionals and families; (6) "The Organizational Culture of Child Protective Services" (Paul Vincent); (7) "Neighbors Helping Neighbors To Protect Children" (Chuck Abel and Carol R. Rickey), which highlights a community partnership that reaches out to families who are isolated, to parents in crisis, and to families under stress; (8) "A Family-to-Family Answer to Foster Care" (Julia DeLapp); (9)"On Being a Foster Parent: Empowering Parents Is the Greatest Reward" (Cheryl Mays); (10) "Promoting Child Safety: Advice from Parents Anonymous" (Teresa Rafael), which provides four front-line practices that encourage successful family outcomes by creating partnerships between practitioners and parents; and (11) "Preventing Child Abuse: Healthy Families America" (Linda Turner), which describes a program that prevents child abuse and neglect and enhances family functioning by providing intensive parenting education and support services in families' homes. (CR)