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Tells the story of the relationship, initially forged over a shared meal, between a youth and her CASA worker. The CASA worker’s advocacy for concrete supports to meet the youth’s needs helped grow the trust in their relationship.

Publication Year 2021
Video

Learn about the value of kinship placements when children and youth must live outside their birth parents’ homes. 

Publication Year 2022
PDF

Explore additional resources aimed at the needs of expecting and parenting teens in child welfare.

Publication Year 2022
Video

Discover services and resources aimed at the needs of expecting and parenting teens in child welfare. 

Publication Year 2022
PDF

Explore additional resources to learn about the challenges of engaging difficult-to-reach populations of youth and young adults.

Publication Year 2022
Video

Learn about the challenges of engaging difficult-to-reach populations of youth and young adults. 

Publication Year 2022
Podcast

Hear how sharing power begins with building trusting relationships.

Publication Year 2022
Video

Learn actionable ways to engage in authentic, nonexploitative storytelling practices with people with lived experience and expertise. 

Publication Year 2022
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Explore additional resources to learn actionable ways to engage in authentic, nonexploitative storytelling practices with people with lived experience and expertise.

Publication Year 2022
PDF

Explore additional resources to learn actionable ways to engage in authentic, nonexploitative storytelling practices with people with lived experience and expertise.

Publication Year 2022
PDF

Explore additional resources to learn how child welfare organizations can create equity in the workforce. 

Publication Year 2022
Video

Learn how child welfare organizations can create equity in the workforce. 

Publication Year 2022
PDF

Examine the benefits of engaging youth voice in practice, peer support, and system-level change.

Publication Year 2021
PDF

Explore additional resources to learn how incorporating voices of lived experience can help improve child welfare services. 

Publication Year 2022
Video

Explore strategies for providing ongoing support to staff working in a trauma-exposed environment.  

Publication Year 2018