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

Get informed about creating normalcy for LGBTQ children and youth in foster care and browse relevant examples.

Learn the definition and find information about normalcy and the reasonable and prudent parent standard in the PL 113-183.

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

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?’”

Use the template and instructions provided to develop parent partner program manuals.

Explore information and get guidance about sex trafficking and identification of sex trafficking victims.

Explore the Center’s Focused Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Services training curriculum and learn more about how it can be used to support a team’s CQI goals.

​​Explore various perspectives on how child welfare professionals can engage youth and young adults in child welfare practice.​ 

Learn how child welfare professionals and family leaders can use the Parent Partner Program Navigator, a web-based, interactive resource that offers guidance for designing and implementing parent partner programs at child welfare agencies.

Explore existing frameworks for protective capacities and protective factors and learn how to use them together for better prevention.

Learn about the challenges faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) families involved with the child welfare system and ways to help them.

Explore the benefits of reunification and post-reunification supports and how these strategies help prevent reentry into foster care. 

Discover how parent partner programs support family reunification by guiding and motivating parents into constructive interactions with the child welfare system and courts.

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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.