Hear about the youth-led projects of the Division X Technical Assistance project in fiscal year 2022.

Learn about the practice and systemic changes Hawaii, Indiana, and Westchester County, NY, made in partnership with their youth and young adult partners.

Hear how Division X Technical Assistance Targeted Assistance Projects (TAPs) helped child welfare agencies enhance policies and practices for youth and young adults.

Learn how to support state planning and implementation of the reasonable and prudent parent standard (RPPS), which is required by the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act (P.L. 113–183), to help children and youth in foster care experience normal childhood and adolescent activities. 

Discover how data sharing can improve the child welfare court system.

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

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

Explore the types of simulation training available, the benefits, costs, and other considerations, when setting up a simulation training program.

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.

Explore and reflect on the impact of, and opportunities to improve, assessment and decision-making processes. 

Desiree is an alumna of the foster care system. She lived with the same foster care family for 14 years. She entered foster care with three of her siblings, and wants to use her experiences growing up in foster care to make a difference for those still in the system.

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

Find family engagement strategies for survivors, children, and perpetrators of domestic violence.

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

Discover a comprehensive range of information about domestic violence decision-making.