Adapt  policies and practices to meet the growing needs of LGBTQ children, youth, and families. 

Get a detailed overview of unregulated transfers of custody, covering risk of harm, screening, ICPC violations, and more.

This handout is part of the series, “Perspectives on Normalcy: Videos and Discussion Questions.” It is designed to facilitate discussion about the issues raised in the video, “Community-Based Provider: Empowering Caregiver Decision-Making.” 

Learn how to create an agency organizational culture that is inclusive and knowledgeable about the unique needs of LGBTQ children, youth, and families.

Explore the various aspects of the importance of normalcy for children and youth in care.

This handout is part of the series, “Perspectives on Normalcy: Videos and Discussion Questions.” It is designed to facilitate discussion about the issues raised in the video, “Kinship Adoption: You Get a Call, ‘Do You Want These Kids?’”

A Tip Sheet for Child Welfare Workers— Linking Families to Health Insurance

A Tip Sheet for Child Welfare Workers - Linking Families to Health Insurance

Understand the principles underlying service provisioning for the Collaborative, in addition to goals, audiences, objectives, and examples.

Learn about the Child Welfare Capacity Building Collaborative, its history, the purpose of capacity building, the three Centers it comprises, and the services it provides.

Provides a broad overview of the Capacity Building Center for States, including its purpose, principles, services, and infrastructure. There is a particular focus on the Center’s array of services, which are designed to help individuals and organizations improve child welfare practice and performance, and include products and tools, web-based trainings, peer networking activities, group-based coaching, and individualized expert consultations. This brochure also provides basic background information about the Center, its goals, and its organization.

See how coordination can improve identification, reporting, and services for youth who are victims or at risk of becoming victims of sex trafficking.

Learn about Child Welfare Capacity Building Collaborative's evidence-informed approach to the change and implementation process.

Explore sex trafficking prevention best practices for implementing provisions of the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act (P.L. 113-183).

Addressed developmentally appropriate services for youth in foster care and identified best practices for Federal support of States and territories in implementing provisions of the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act (P.L. 113-183).