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

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The video highlights the story of a kinship caregiver and how becoming a licensed foster parent working with social services and her local child welfare agency resulted in better support and resources.

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Find meaningful and actionable connections among your agency’s strategic planning, review, and CQI efforts using this toolkit.

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Explore the key components of engaging youth and families in individual permanency planning.

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This video highlights the story of a school social worker in Rhode Island and her experience becoming a foster parent to a student who did not have a relative placement.

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Support agency staff in the authentic engagement of youth and families in individual permanency planning processes.

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The journeys of children, youth, and families in child welfare are seldom a straight line. Typically, there are highs and lows and winding paths in between

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This video highlights the story of a family specialist in Ohio and her experience working with families to successfully place children with kin.

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Consult this video series and companion discussion guide to get different perspectives on building trust and supporting family well-being.

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Get a detailed overview of unregulated transfers of custody, covering risk of harm, screening, ICPC violations, and more.

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This video highlights the story of a kinship specialist with the New York City Children’s Services and how she collaborates with fellow child welfare agencies in identifying kinship guardians to result in successful kin placement.

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Use the guide and digital stories from this library with teams and individuals to advocate, inspire, support, recruit, train, and coach towards a better child welfare system.