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A Tool for Youth Engagement and Empowerment

Learn about the range of practices comprising the continuum of youth engagement to youth empowerment.

Publication Year 2023
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Andrea and Medina’s Story

Explore the supportive relationship between a youth and her attorney.

Publication Year 2021
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Arika and Micaela’s Story

Reveals how advocating for youth makes a difference in system change and in the advocates’ own lives. The Director of Policy and Advocacy at NMCAN and a youth advocate talk about their shared experience in testifying as expert witnesses for state legislative committees and how it created a strong bond between them.

Publication Year 2021
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Authentic Youth and Family Engagement: Deploying Individuals With Lived Experience as Advisors Resource List

Explore additional resources for engaging individuals with lived experience as advisors for groups, committees, boards, and more.

Publication Year 2023
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Authentic Youth and Family Engagement: Deploying Individuals With Lived Experience as Advisors

Explore strategies to engage individuals with lived experience as advisors for groups, committees, boards, and more. 

Publication Year 2022
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Beyond the Numbers, Get to Know the Person in Front of You: LGBTQIA2S+ Youth and Families Resource List

Explore additional resources to learn how to accurately and safely collecting data on LGBTQIA2S+ youth and young adults.

Publication Year 2023
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Beyond the Numbers, Get to Know the Person in Front of You: LGBTQIA2S+ Youth and Families

Learn strategies for accurately and safely collecting data on LGBTQIA2S+ youth and young adults.

Publication Year 2022
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Building on the Lessons Learned From Division X Implementation

Explore opportunities and lessons learned from the implementation of Division X of the Supporting Foster Youth and Families Through the Pandemic Act, P.L. 116–260.

Publication Year 2023
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Building Organizational Capacity in the Implementation of the Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard in Accordance With P.L. 113–183 Recorded Webinar

Explore how child welfare professionals and organizations can build capacity for implementing the reasonable and prudent parent standard (RPPS) for children and youth in foster care. 

Publication Year 2016
Webinar

Building Sustainable Change With Youth and Young Adults

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

Publication Year 2022
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Change and Implementation in Practice: Teaming Worksheets

Consider whose perspectives are represented on your team. 

Publication Year 2024
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Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) Round 4: Strategies to Include Family and Youth Voice

Learn how to engage young people and families with lived expertise in the CFSR process at a child welfare agency. 

Publication Year 2022
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Child Welfare Organizational Capacities

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

Publication Year 2015
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Child Welfare Virtual Expo 2022 Power in Partnerships: Prioritizing Lived Expertise in Child Welfare Concluding Video Resource List

Explore additional resources and learn strategies for moving forward with prioritizing lived expertise in child welfare.

Publication Year 2022
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Closing Remarks From Aysha E. Schomburg, Associate Commissioner, Children’s Bureau 

Learn about the Children’s Bureau’s commitment to racial and other equity in its work and the actions the Children’s Bureau is taking to advance racial equity in child welfare. 

Publication Year 2021