Use this discussion guide with the Effectiveness in Child Welfare: Our Role in Improving the Lives of Children and Families videos to access a description of each topic, individual and group reflection questions to facilitate on-demand learning, considerations for use with partners, and an action-planning tool for teams to bring knowledge into action. 

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

Use this discussion guide with the Fostering a Healthy Workforce videos to access a description of each topic, individual and group reflection questions to facilitate on-demand learning, and an action-planning tool for teams to bring knowledge into action.  

Watch as Amnoni relates her experience in the foster car system, including her struggles and quest for stability and normalcy.

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.

Hear Raven's foster care story, the challenges of being separated from her brother, and the value of support.

Hear from a family about the challenges of dealing with an autism diagnosis and other issues while navigating the child welfare system.

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

Get practical guidance for building organizational capacity and for implementing flexible and innovate programs for youth engagement.

Explains the importance of sustained involvement of young people currently and formerly in foster care in meaningful organizational activity. 

Defines prepermanancy services for prospective adoptive and guardianship families and raises awareness about the need for more prepermanency services supports alongside postpermanency supports.

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

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

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