Use this tool with your prevention planning team to prepare for and tackle the adaptive challenges that many states face as they develop and implement prevention plans. 

Explore how child welfare professionals and organizations can build capacity for implementing the reasonable and prudent parent standard (RPPS) for children and youth in foster care. 

Learn about the importance of successful collaboration and engagement for implementing prevention-focused systems.

Examine current research and how best to build organizational capacity in five areas, and learn about possible challenges and solutions.

Use this crosswalk to start thinking concretely about prevention planning as a change and implementation process. 

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

Explore strategies for developing a comprehensive community prevention framework across all levels of prevention.

Learn about research and practice insights for implementing evidence-based practices in child welfare systems.

Explore the process of transitioning to a prevention-focused child welfare system from several perspectives, including those of a mother and son with lived experience and leaders who set the tone and direction for putting families at the center of child welfare work.

Gain a deeper understanding of the dynamics of effective collaboration and how to avoid pitfalls when implementing partnerships for primary prevention.

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

Read recent research on child welfare workforce management, including recruitment and retention, professional development, and organizational culture.

Watch this recorded webinar to learn how other jurisdictions encourage kinship care placements and then discuss kinship support with your team.

Pair this recorded webinar with the discussion guide to learn caregiver and birth parent partnerships and trauma-informed visitation. 

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