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Video

Prevention Planning Roundtable: Engaging Youth, Families, Communities, and Tribes in Planning Video

Watch this video to learn more about how states are engaging people with lived experience in prevention planning. 

Publication Year 2021
Video

Prevention Planning Roundtable: Building Capacity for Prevention Video

Watch this video to learn more about state experiences building capacity for prevention.

Publication Year 2021
Video

Prevention Planning Roundtable: Key Considerations in Prevention Program Selection Video

Watch this video to learn more about how states are selecting and implementing prevention programs.

Publication Year 2021
Video

Prevention Planning Roundtable: The Importance of a Vision for Prevention Video

Watch this video to learn more about how a vision for prevention influences the development of a prevention plan.

Publication Year 2021
Webinar

State Perspectives on Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standards Recorded Webinar

Discover how the reasonable and prudent parent standard (RPPS) has been implemented in one state to promote normalcy for children and youth in foster care.

Publication Year 2015
PDF

Supervisor Toolkit: Engaging Youth and Families to Achieve Timely Permanency for Children and Youth Waiting to Be Adopted

Explore the key components of engaging youth and families in individual permanency planning.

Publication Year 2021
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The Role of Leaders in Engaging Youth and Families to Achieve Timely Permanency for Children and Youth Waiting to Be Adopted

Support agency staff in the authentic engagement of youth and families in individual permanency planning processes.

Publication Year 2021