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

​​Increase awareness and understanding of the healthcare needs of children and youth in foster care, the medical services available to them, and the healthcare services available for children who return home and youth who age out of care.​ 

Learn strategies to address the mental health needs of children, young people, and families.

Explore this tip sheet to learn about child welfare agency and court responsibilities related to APPLA provisions and strategies to achieve permanency.

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

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

Use this discussion guide with the "Reflecting on Racial Equity and the Child Welfare Workforce" video to facilitate team discussions about your agency’s current practice and opportunities to take action.

Explore strategies for redesigning the child welfare service array to meet the needs of youth and young adults currently and formerly in foster care.

Explore additional resources to help effectively integrate lived experts into the child welfare workforce. 

Explore additional resources for effectively integrating lived experts into the child welfare workforce. 

Discover ways to effectively integrate people with lived expertise into the child welfare workforce. 

Explore sex trafficking prevention best practices for implementing provisions of the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act (P.L. 113-183).

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

Explore tips to help promote youth mental health and wellness services, jurisdictional highlights, and links to relevant resources and tools.

Adapt  policies and practices to meet the growing needs of LGBTQ children, youth, and families.