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.

This National Foster Care Month (NFCM) event explores how agencies can partner with young people in the foster care system to build strong, supportive networks and achieve relational permanency.

Learn how Anntesha’s experience as a child living with her grandparents and later in foster care influenced her to become a relative caregiver to her niece and nephew and work as a kinship navigator. 

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.

Learn about Catherine’s journey recovering from trauma and addiction to be successfully reunified with her daughter.

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. 

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

Shares Stephen’s story about being a community-based provider and policymaker in Florida, the need for laws that empower caregiver decision-making, creating Florida’s reasonable and prudent parent standard (RPPS), and the effect RPPS and normalcy laws can have on foster care.

Listen as Capacity Building Center for States Family Consultants and Young Adult Consultants reflect on the key themes and learnings from day one of the 2024 CWVE.

Listen as Capacity Building Center for States Family Consultants and Young Adult Consultants reflect on the key themes and learnings from day two of the 2024 CWVE.

Learn about Dezzie’s experience bonding with her newborn while embracing parenting classes and other agency supports in her journey to be reunified with her daughter.

Explore strategies to help child welfare organizations create equity in the workplace. 

Listen as leaders from tribal communities share their stories and experiences in driving transformative change within child welfare systems.

Bruce and Brenda have been married for 33 years and have four daughters. From 2006 to 2009, they provided a kinship placement for their four grandchildren. In 2010, the couple adopted Bruce (now 18 years old), Tre’Nae (now 15 years old), Mason (now 13 years old), and Kiaunna (now 10 years old).