Examine current research and how best to build organizational capacity in five areas, and learn about possible challenges and solutions.

Reflect on past results to inform plans for future improvements.

See how workforce satisfaction and retention are improved by emphasizing the positive differences that are made in the lives of children and families.

Watch the Change and Implementation in Practice: Overview video to learn how key steps, tasks, and concepts fit together to support your agency’s change initiatives. 

Learn how implementation teams can assess readiness for change and implementation and support related planning.

Use this crosswalk to start thinking concretely about prevention planning as a change and implementation process. 

Learn about the identified five dimensions of capacity, browse examples of each, and find out why each dimension is important to an organization.

Listen to a judge and a child welfare agency leader discuss the challenges, achievements, and strategies of the Tompkins County Family Treatment Court. This longstanding collaboration between the child welfare, substance use treatment, and judicial systems has been steadily growing its Family Treatment Court Team and improving outcomes for families since 2001.

Learn solid strategies for understanding and implementing the trauma-informed care provisions of the FFPSA.

Learn about normalcy for LGBTQ children and youth in foster care in the context of the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act (P.L. 113–183).

Get informed about creating normalcy for LGBTQ children and youth in foster care and browse relevant examples.

Listen to child welfare agency leaders in the District of Columbia, service providers, partners in community collaboratives, and sister agencies talk about how they coordinate service planning and delivery, are culturally responsive to the community, and provide seamless services to families.

Learn how to support LGBTQIA2S+ children and young people at a child welfare agency.

Find information about using collaborative practices and models across human service systems to better serve families dealing with co-occurring issues.

Learn how to create a culturally inclusive environment by developing a welcoming, culturally sensitive, supportive, and affirming agency for all people.