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

Explore additional resources on how to increase commitment to partnering with people with lived expertise in child welfare. 

Read this resource to learn about direct financial assistance and emergency financial assistance available to young people.

Explore resources related to Culturally Responsive Engagement and Partnership video.

Explore resources related to Effectively Engaging Fathers of Color video. 

Browse a list of organizations that offer training activities with defined learning objectives, including self-paced e-learnings, webinars, or videos.

Explore resources related to From Understanding to Action: Shifting Power Dynamics to Advance Race Equity video.

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

Discover ways to effectively integrate people with lived expertise into the child welfare workforce. 

Explore additional resources to help effectively integrate lived experts into the child welfare workforce. 

Explore additional resources for effectively integrating lived experts into the child welfare workforce. 

Identify data sources to explore functioning of staff and provider training.

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).

Use this brief to explore actionable strategies for meaningful partner engagement in child welfare agency strategic planning, monitoring, and review processes.

Explore coaching steps and tips supervisors can use to help workers strengthen skills and meet goals.