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?’”

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

Explore promising practices in pregnancy, parenting, and prevention services and view practice examples, including evidence-based programs, in-home services, and specialized units.

Read this resource to learn about direct financial assistance and emergency financial assistance available to young people.

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

Learn sound methods for integrating a focus on race equity in data analysis and CQI. 

Browse a list of organizations that offer training activities with defined learning objectives, including self-paced e-learnings, webinars, or videos.

Recorded webinar of youth with lived expertise and child and family serving agency leaders discussing strategies to support meaningful youth engagement and integrating family and youth voices at individual, practice, and system levels.

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

Explore strategies to recruit and support caregivers, strengthen their voices, and work together with them to meet the needs of children and youth.

Explore coaching steps and tips supervisors can use to help workers strengthen skills and meet goals.

Get an overview of the issues related to the physical and emotional safety of child welfare workers.

Learn a research-informed framework for agencies to explore implementation of CQI systems across seven areas, including leadership support and modeling, staff and stakeholder engagement, communication, administrative structure, use of quality data, case record review process, and application of CQI findings.

Explore the benefits of and strategies for recruiting and integrating people with lived expertise into the child welfare workforce.

Ensure that youth and young adults exiting foster care can obtain their vital documents before transitioning from foster care.