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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

Set the groundwork for meaningful engagement of people with lived experience in the CFSR.

PDF

Read this resource to learn about direct financial assistance and emergency financial assistance available to young people.

PDF

Browse casework activities to use before, during, and after a caseworker visit with children, youth, and families.

PDF

Learn how supervisors and program managers can assist child welfare caseworkers in conducting quality visits with parents.

PDF

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

PDF

Explore resources related to Intentional Inclusion: Creating Equity in the Workplace video. 

PDF

Explore strategies for redesigning the child welfare service array to meet the needs of youth and young adults currently and formerly in foster care.

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

Explore coaching steps and tips supervisors can use to help workers strengthen skills and meet goals.

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

Learn why the Indian Child Welfare Act and the historical trauma Indigenous people have experienced are important to understand when working with Indigenous families.