This National Foster Care Month (NFCM) event explores how agencies can partner with young people in the foster care system to build strong, supportive networks and achieve relational permanency.

Learn strategies to address the mental health needs of children, young people, and families.

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

Explore tips to help promote youth mental health and wellness services, jurisdictional highlights, and links to relevant resources and tools.

Explore strategies for redesigning the child welfare service array to meet the needs of youth and young adults currently and formerly in foster care.

Find out where evidence-based programs and services are being implemented to prevent children from entering foster care.

Learn about the definition and calculation of the CFSR statewide data indicator placement stability.

Learn about the definition and calculation of the CFSR statewide data indicator reentry to foster care.

Learn about the definition and calculation of the CFSR statewide data indicator permanency in 12 months for children in care 24 months or more.

Learn about the definition and calculation of the CFSR statewide data indicator permanency in 12 months for children in care 12 to 23 months.

Learn about the definition and calculation of the CFSR statewide data indicator permanency in 12 months for children entering care.

Use this brief to help your agency coordinate strategic and long-term planning, monitoring, and reporting processes—such as the Child and Family Services Plan (CFSP) and Child and Family Services Review (CFSR)—with agency continuous quality improvement (CQI).

Watch this recorded webinar to learn how other jurisdictions encourage kinship care placements and then discuss kinship support with your team.

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.

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.