See statistics on increased risks for LGBTQ youth and learn how child welfare systems can use healthy approaches when working with LGBTQ children and youth.

Understand the role of coaching in supporting workers, including coaching functions, effectiveness, models, and strategies.

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

Learn how to support LGBTQIA2S+ children and young people at a child welfare agency.

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

Learn to facilitate a normalcy conversation and to promote normal and developmentally appropriate experiences for youth in foster care.

Learn how to create an agency organizational culture that is inclusive and knowledgeable about the unique needs of LGBTQ children, youth, and families.

Explore tips and strategies to effectively engage and sustain the involvement of families and youth at the agency level. 

Adapt  policies and practices to meet the growing needs of LGBTQ children, youth, and families. 

Addressed developmentally appropriate services for youth in foster care and identified best practices for Federal support of States and territories in implementing provisions of the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act (P.L. 113-183).

Explore the four thematic pillars necessary for organizational capacity that supports engagement with young people currently and formerly in foster care.

Learn how to build capacity in each of four component areas to promote a culture and climate that encourages youth engagement at all levels of an organization.

Learn about adolescent brain development, trauma-responsive care, and the importance of normalcy.

Learn the characteristics and results that describe the right people to engage youth and get guidance for recruiting, hiring, and retaining these employees.