Use the activities in this tool to create a plan to replicate, adapt, or design an intervention to improve outcomes for children, young people, and families.

Use this tool to help your child welfare agency develop a communication plan to support your change and implementation efforts. 

Explore concepts, terms, and foundational information about psychological safety on child welfare teams.

Use this assessment tool to identify strengths and areas for growth to enhance your team’s psychological safety.
 

Better understand your state’s performance on statewide data indicators related to the safety and permanency of children served by the child welfare system. 

Engage staff and partners with activities in this guide to start a dialogue and create a vision for a more prevention-focused child welfare system.

Use this guide for tips, and strategies concerning the critical role leadership plays in creating and sustaining positive organizational culture.

Explore tips and strategies to effectively engage and sustain the involvement of families and youth at the agency level. 

Desiree is an alumna of the foster care system. She lived with the same foster care family for 14 years. She entered foster care with three of her siblings, and wants to use her experiences growing up in foster care to make a difference for those still in the system.

Learn about quality contacts, why they are important, and how an agency can successfully implement them.

Learn to facilitate a normalcy conversation and to promote normal and developmentally appropriate experiences for youth in foster care.

Examine a five-step framework that helps organizations promote youth engagement in normalcy conversations about the youth’s own care.

Learn about a framework for applying safety science to promote a culture of safety in child welfare agencies.

Brandon is a 21-year-old alumnus of the foster care system. He was in the foster care system for about 10 years and serves as a foster care advocate, working in State government for the last 3 years. He feels that normal activities for all youth in foster care should include getting a driver’s license, going on out-of-State and overnight trips, and participating in sports.

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).