Frankie is 14 years old and lives with his sister, brothers, and moms. He and his sister were adopted when they were 2 years old and 4 years old, respectively. He loves spending time with his aunts, uncles, and cousins and loves being part of a big family.

Learn how Anntesha’s experience as a child living with her grandparents and later in foster care influenced her to become a relative caregiver to her niece and nephew and work as a kinship navigator. 

Complete this template to create, print, and share a communication plan for your change effort. 

Learn how implementation teams can assess readiness for change and implementation and support related planning.

Use this tool to help your child welfare agency develop a communication plan to support your change and implementation efforts. 

Get informed about creating normalcy for LGBTQ children and youth in foster care and browse relevant examples.

Identify data sources to explore your state’s system of foster and adoptive parent licensing, recruitment, and retention.

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

Explore the various aspects of the importance of normalcy for children and youth in care.

Discusses new software and technologies used in child welfare.

Learn how child welfare agencies can transfer select operations online and out of a central worksite.

Understand available technologies and best practices for holding virtual meetings.

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

Learn how supervisors and program managers can assist child welfare caseworkers in conducting quality visits with parents.

Recorded webinar of youth with lived expertise and child and family serving agency leaders discussing strategies to support meaningful youth engagement and integrating family and youth voices at individual, practice, and system levels.