Explore additional resources and learn strategies for moving forward with prioritizing lived expertise in child welfare.

Explore additional resources aimed at the needs of expecting and parenting teens in child welfare.

Explore additional resources to learn how incorporating voices of lived experience can help improve child welfare services. 

Explore additional resources to learn how child welfare organizations can create equity in the workforce. 

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

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

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

Hear about the youth-led projects of the Division X Technical Assistance project in fiscal year 2022.

Learn about the practice and systemic changes Hawaii, Indiana, and Westchester County, NY, made in partnership with their youth and young adult partners.

Hear how Division X Technical Assistance Targeted Assistance Projects (TAPs) helped child welfare agencies enhance policies and practices for youth and young adults.

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

Explore the Capacity Building Center for States’ most up-to-date diversity, racial equity, and inclusion terms and definitions. 

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

Desiree is an alumna of the foster care system. She lived with the same foster care family for 14 years. She entered foster care with three of her siblings, and wants to use her experiences growing up in foster care to make a difference for those still in the system.

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