Hop into the car for a road trip with South Carolina's Child Welfare Services Division. Hear how they left a climate driven by compliance and fear and made their way to a new culture.

Frankie is 14 years old and lives with his sister, brothers, and moms. He and his sister were adopted when they were 2 years old and 4 years old, respectively. He loves spending time with his aunts, uncles, and cousins and loves being part of a big family.

Explore the supportive relationship between a youth and her attorney.

Reveals how advocating for youth makes a difference in system change and in the advocates’ own lives. The Director of Policy and Advocacy at NMCAN and a youth advocate talk about their shared experience in testifying as expert witnesses for state legislative committees and how it created a strong bond between them.

Explore strategies to engage individuals with lived experience as advisors for groups, committees, boards, and more. 

Learn strategies for accurately and safely collecting data on LGBTQIA2S+ youth and young adults.

In this video, leaders of the National Center for Adoption Competent Mental Health Services discuss the positive impact of collaboration between child welfare and mental health systems.

Explore how child welfare professionals and organizations can build capacity for implementing the reasonable and prudent parent standard (RPPS) for children and youth in foster care. 

Learn about the practice and systemic changes Hawaii, Indiana, and Westchester County, NY, made in partnership with their youth and young adult partners.

Learn about the Collaborative and the work it does with agencies, Tribes, and courts to build capacity.

Learn how to engage young people and families with lived expertise in the CFSR process at a child welfare agency. 

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Provides a broad overview of the Child Welfare Response to Child and Youth Sex Trafficking learning curriculum and explores how the curriculum could be integrated into agency training programs.

Learn about the Children’s Bureau’s commitment to racial and other equity in its work and the actions the Children’s Bureau is taking to advance racial equity in child welfare. 

Discover strategies for co-creating and sharing power with youth and families in child welfare.

Learn how to foster psychological safety on child welfare teams, promote bravery, and cultivate resilient and supportive workplace environments at child welfare agencies.