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PDF

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

Publication Year 2021
PDF

Identify data sources to explore functioning of staff and provider training.

Publication Year 2023
PDF

Use this brief to explore actionable strategies for meaningful partner engagement in child welfare agency strategic planning, monitoring, and review processes.

Publication Year 2022
PDF

Explore the key components of engaging youth and families in individual permanency planning.

Publication Year 2021
Video

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

Publication Year 2024
PDF

Support agency staff in the authentic engagement of youth and families in individual permanency planning processes.

Publication Year 2021
PDF

The journeys of children, youth, and families in child welfare are seldom a straight line. Typically, there are highs and lows and winding paths in between

Publication Year 2020
Webinar

Explore tools and resources that can help states plan for family-strengthening activities aligned with the FFPSA and prevention-oriented collaboration strategies.

Publication Year 2021
PDF

Get a detailed overview of unregulated transfers of custody, covering risk of harm, screening, ICPC violations, and more.

Publication Year 2016