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Helping LGBTQ Families Navigate the Child Welfare System

Learn how to create an agency organizational culture that is inclusive and knowledgeable about the unique needs of LGBTQ children, youth, and families.

Publication Year 2016
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Identifying Minors and Young People Exploited Through Sex Trafficking: A Resource for Child Welfare Agencies

Explore information and get guidance about sex trafficking and identification of sex trafficking victims.

Publication Year 2016
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Implementing Parent Partner Programs and Supporting Reunification: National Foster Care Month Recorded Webinar

Discover how parent partner programs support family reunification by guiding and motivating parents into constructive interactions with the child welfare system and courts.

Publication Year 2016
Webinar

Innovative Practices to Promote Reunification: National Reunification Month Recorded Webinar

Explore innovative programs and strategies that child welfare professionals can use to support reunification and emphasize caregiver and parent voice.

Publication Year 2017
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John H. Chafee Foster Care for Successful Transition to Adulthood Program Resource List

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.

Publication Year 2023
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Keeping It Real: How Simulation Training Can Support the Child Welfare Workforce

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

Publication Year 2020
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Listen, Engage, and Reflect: How to Authentically and Respectfully Engage Individuals With Lived Expertise in Storytelling Tip Sheet

Explore additional resources to learn actionable ways to engage in authentic, nonexploitative storytelling practices with people with lived experience and expertise.

Publication Year 2022
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Listen, Engage, and Reflect: How to Authentically and Respectfully Engage Individuals With Lived Expertise in Storytelling Resource List

Explore additional resources to learn actionable ways to engage in authentic, nonexploitative storytelling practices with people with lived experience and expertise.

Publication Year 2022
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Living Leadership: Valuing Our Lived Expertise Resource List

Explore additional resources to learn how child welfare organizations can create equity in the workforce. 

Publication Year 2022
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Methods and Strategies to Engage People With Lived Experience Resource List

Explore additional resources to learn how incorporating voices of lived experience can help improve child welfare services. 

Publication Year 2022
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Overview of P.L. 113-183: Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act's Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard Recorded Webinar

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. 

Publication Year 2022
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Parent Partner Program Manual: Sample Policies and Procedures

Use the template and instructions provided to develop parent partner program manuals.

Publication Year 2016
Webinar

Parent Partner Program Navigator Launch Recorded Webinar

Learn how child welfare professionals and family leaders can use the Parent Partner Program Navigator, a web-based, interactive resource that offers guidance for designing and implementing parent partner programs at child welfare agencies.

Publication Year 2016
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​​Perspectives on Youth Engagement Recorded Webinar​

​​Explore various perspectives on how child welfare professionals can engage youth and young adults in child welfare practice.​ 

Publication Year 2016
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Preparation Checklist for Engagement of Young People and Families in the CFSR

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

Publication Year 2023