Browse the “Leading Your Agency Through a Disaster” tip sheet to see how common elements of child welfare leadership can be adapted for effective disaster management and an example of action during each phase of disaster management.

Learn to prepare transgender children and youth for court and support them in the courtroom.

Explore tips and strategies to effectively engage and sustain the involvement of families and youth at the agency level. 

This “Service Array Data Inventory Sample Worksheet” (Worksheet) is a companion tool to A Data-Driven Approach to Service Array Guide developed by the Capacity Building Center for States. To use the Worksheet, you can print it out and fill in the blank squares, or use the questions as a guide.

This guide is designed to support administrative leaders in states and other jurisdictions in using data to assess and identify ways to improve their service array.

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

Read recent research on child welfare workforce management, including recruitment and retention, professional development, and organizational culture.

Helps public child welfare agencies understand the purpose of and context for the Creating LGBTQ Affirming Agencies video and how the video can be used to support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) children, youth, and families who are involved in the child welfare system.

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

Learn about adolescent brain development, trauma-responsive care, and the importance of normalcy.

Learn the importance of effective, ongoing collaboration between child welfare agencies and community-based partners.

Examine a five-step framework that helps organizations promote youth engagement in normalcy conversations about the youth’s own care.

Explains the importance of sustained involvement of young people currently and formerly in foster care in meaningful organizational activity. 

Understand the role of coaching in supporting workers, including coaching functions, effectiveness, models, and strategies.

Defines prepermanancy services for prospective adoptive and guardianship families and raises awareness about the need for more prepermanency services supports alongside postpermanency supports.