Learn about Catherine’s journey recovering from trauma and addiction to be successfully reunified with her daughter.

Get the latest research on decision science and safety decision-making practices in child welfare to help improved safety outcomes.

Learn about Dezzie’s experience bonding with her newborn while embracing parenting classes and other agency supports in her journey to be reunified with her daughter.

Read about the value of collaboration as the key to prevention, safety, and long-term stability for children and families.

Listen to Indiana’s child welfare partners talk about making the shift to an upstream approach to prevention services possible in this short podcast. 

Engage staff and partners with activities in this guide to start a dialogue and create a vision for a more prevention-focused child welfare system.

The infographic provides a visual reference for the cultural shift needed to protect children through strengthening families.

Listen to an attorney and a parent ally, both partners with Washington State’s child welfare system, explain how parent partner programs are essential to prevention services.

Helps child welfare leaders identify what they can do to advance their prevention vision and shows what they will see as that vision takes root.

Use the guide and digital stories from this library with teams and individuals to advocate, inspire, support, recruit, train, and coach towards a better child welfare system. 

Explore actions that can lead to building authentic, collaborative, and prevention-focused child welfare systems.