Explore innovative programs and strategies that child welfare professionals can use to support reunification and emphasize caregiver and parent voice.

Discusses new software and technologies used in child welfare.

Learn about how Jamall reunified with family members and enjoyed family cookouts and holidays with the help of Jennifer and the Family Finder program through Kinnect Ohio.

Learn about Jamall’s reunification with his mother, grandmother, and other family members through Kinnect Ohio’s Finding Family program.

Learn about Jennifer’s commitment to facilitating belonging and lifelong support for children in foster care through the Kinnect Ohio Family Finding program.

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).

Learn how child welfare agencies can transfer select operations online and out of a central worksite.

Understand available technologies and best practices for holding virtual meetings.

Explore additional resources to learn actionable ways to engage in authentic, nonexploitative storytelling practices with people with lived experience and expertise.

Explore additional resources to learn actionable ways to engage in authentic, nonexploitative storytelling practices with people with lived experience and expertise.

Learn actionable ways to engage in authentic, nonexploitative storytelling practices with people with lived experience and expertise. 

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

Examine the benefits of engaging youth voice in practice, peer support, and system-level change.

Explore additional resources to learn how incorporating voices of lived experience can help improve child welfare services. 

Tells the story of the relationship between a youth in foster care and a BraveLife peer navigator. Both talk about the personal sharing and mutual trust that have forged a connection that will last a lifetime.