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Video

Learn about Catherine’s journey recovering from trauma and addiction to be successfully reunified with her daughter.

Publication Year 2022
PDF

Use this project management resource to plan for the development of a Program Improvement Plan (PIP). 

Publication Year 2024
PDF

Learn effective strategies to collect, analyze, and use data related to caseworker visits.

Publication Year 2017
PDF

See how coordination can improve identification, reporting, and services for youth who are victims or at risk of becoming victims of sex trafficking.

Publication Year 2015
Video

Shares Stephen’s story about being a community-based provider and policymaker in Florida, the need for laws that empower caregiver decision-making, creating Florida’s reasonable and prudent parent standard (RPPS), and the effect RPPS and normalcy laws can have on foster care.

Publication Year 2016
PDF

Learn about quality contacts, why they are important, and how an agency can successfully implement them.

Publication Year 2017
Webinar

Watch this video to learn how community-based partnerships strengthen families and see what jurisdictions are doing to build lines of collaboration and trust.

Publication Year 2021
Video

Learn about Dezzie’s experience bonding with her newborn while embracing parenting classes and other agency supports in her journey to be reunified with her daughter.

Publication Year 2022
PDF

Pair this discussion guide with its corresponding video to understand the value of engaging the biological father after removal of the child from the home.

Publication Year 2017
PDF

Pair this discussion guide with its corresponding video to understand the value of engaging the biological mother after removal of the child or children.

Publication Year 2017
PDF

Pair this discussion guide with its corresponding video to understand the value of engaging children after removal from their parental home.

Publication Year 2017
PDF

Pair this discussion guide with its corresponding video to understand the value of engaging resource parents to collaborate around caring for children in foster care.

Publication Year 2017
PDF

Pair this discussion guide with its corresponding video to understand the value of engaging a supervisor in coaching for family visits.

Publication Year 2017
PDF

Pair this discussion guide with its corresponding video to understand the value of engaging youth after removal from their parental home.

Publication Year 2017
Webinar

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

Publication Year 2017