This guide is designed to support administrative leaders in states and other jurisdictions in using data to assess and identify ways to improve their service array.

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

See statistics on increased risks for LGBTQ youth and learn how child welfare systems can use healthy approaches when working with LGBTQ children and youth.

Learn how to support LGBTQIA2S+ children and young people at a child welfare agency.

Use this presentation to follow along with the speakers as you watch the 2021 CWVE Session 4 webinar, Intentional Inclusion: Creating Equity in the Workplace. 

Get the latest research on decision science and safety decision-making practices in child welfare to help improved safety outcomes.

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

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

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

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

Hear about the challenges and experiences of an adoptive family and how they created belonging, healthy development, and normal experiences.

Find out where evidence-based programs and services are being implemented to prevent children from entering foster care.

Examine the Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program's purpose, objectives, history, funding, and requirements. 

Learn how supervisors and program managers can assist child welfare caseworkers in conducting quality visits with parents.

Explore resources related to Intentional Inclusion: Creating Equity in the Workplace video.