Learn how child welfare organizations can create equity in the workforce. 

Explore additional resources to learn how child welfare organizations can create equity in the workforce. 

Learn solid strategies for understanding and implementing the trauma-informed care provisions of the FFPSA.

Access strategies to better understand and implement the family engagement requirements of the FFPSA.

Read about the value of collaboration as the key to prevention, safety, and long-term stability for children and families.

Develop a better understanding of customized congregate care and learn about implementing the FFPSA provisions in congregate care QRTP assessment.

Browse the themes and key takeaways from the How We Partner With the Community to Improve Service Options podcast series.

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

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

In this episode leaders from the District of Columbia child welfare agency and a community collaborative organization discuss their longstanding partnership. The commissioner for Kentucky's child welfare agency describes the agency’s strategic communication plan and considers the role of the agency as part of the larger child welfare system.

In this introduction to the podcast series How We Partner With the Community to Improve Service Options, agency leaders talk about the changing culture of their organizations. Leaders from Kentucky discuss their Child Welfare Transformation initiative, three transformational goals, and culture of safety.

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.

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

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.