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Webinar

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

Video

This video highlights the story of a kinship foster parent and her experience navigating the kinship caregiver process in New York City by using the Kinship Guardian Assistance Program (KinGAP).

PDF

Use the template and instructions provided to develop parent partner program manuals.

Webinar

Explore the benefits of reunification and post-reunification supports and how these strategies help prevent reentry into foster care. 

PDF

Identify data sources to explore how well your state’s quality assurance system is functioning.

PDF

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

Video

The video highlights the story of a kinship caregiver and how becoming a licensed foster parent working with social services and her local child welfare agency resulted in better support and resources.

PDF

Identify data sources to explore service array and resource development.

PDF

Identify data sources to explore functioning of staff and provider training.

PDF

Identify data sources to explore how well your state’s statewide information system is functioning.

PDF

Use this brief to help your agency coordinate strategic and long-term planning, monitoring, and reporting processes—such as the Child and Family Services Plan (CFSP) and Child and Family Services Review (CFSR)—with agency continuous quality improvement (CQI).

PDF

Use this brief to explore actionable strategies for meaningful partner engagement in child welfare agency strategic planning, monitoring, and review processes.

Video

This video highlights the story of a school social worker in Rhode Island and her experience becoming a foster parent to a student who did not have a relative placement.

Video

Explore how caseworkers, supervisors, and stakeholders can use data and feedback to improve child welfare practice. 

Video

Explore how child welfare leaders and decision makers can communicate data effectively.