Learn how to conduct a total cost of ownership analysis and see how various system development choices can influence included costs.

Explore and discuss state performance on CFSR statewide data indicators.

Explore the efforts agencies, community collaborative organizations, and others are making to bring families, youth, and communities to the table as they strive to improve the child welfare system in this podcast. 

Learn to use the CFSR Round 4 SPSS syntax to calculate observed performance for a state on all or selected statewide data indicators.

Learn about applications that can make information gathering more efficient, increase useful data, and help you better understand those you serve. 

Discusses new software and technologies used in child welfare.

Explore tools, resources, and strategies to build a continuum of behavioral health care for children and youth involved with child welfare. 

Use the resources in this list to support young people’s transitional needs and help them develop the skills needed for independent living after exiting foster care.

Explore the types of simulation training available, the benefits, costs, and other considerations, when setting up a simulation training program.

Learn about the definition and calculation of the CFSR statewide data indicator maltreatment in foster care.

Use this resource to prompt discussion and adopt a change management approach  during the development of child welfare information systems.

Explore the intersection of title IV-E waivers and other child welfare reforms with trends in healthcare reform.

​​Increase awareness and understanding of the healthcare needs of children and youth in foster care, the medical services available to them, and the healthcare services available for children who return home and youth who age out of care.​ 

Learn strategies to address the mental health needs of children, young people, and families.

Review the steps for running the CFSR Round 4 SPSS syntax to calculate observed performance on statewide data indicators.