Combine lived expertise with agency perspectives to better understand state child welfare data.

Use this discussion guide with CWVE 2023 videos to explore topics on workforce recruitment and retention, as well as access individual reflection exercises, discussion prompts, and team activities.

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

Consider whose perspectives are represented on your team. 

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

Set the groundwork for meaningful engagement of people with lived experience in the CFSR.

Learn about the range of practices comprising the continuum of youth engagement to youth empowerment.

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

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

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

Use the resources in this list to support young people’s transitional needs and help them develop the skills needed for independent living after exiting foster care.

Explore opportunities and lessons learned from the implementation of Division X of the Supporting Foster Youth and Families Through the Pandemic Act, P.L. 116–260.

Explore additional resources to learn how to accurately and safely collecting data on LGBTQIA2S+ youth and young adults.

Explore additional resources for engaging individuals with lived experience as advisors for groups, committees, boards, and more.

Use this discussion guide with the CWVE 2022 videos to view a description of each topic, access individual reflection questions to facilitate personal, on-demand learning, and explore conversation starters and team activities with child welfare staff and collaborative partners.