This video highlights the story of a family specialist in Ohio who partners with families to identify safe and healthy kinship connections that empower children, youth, and families.

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).

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

This handout is part of the series, “Perspectives on Normalcy: Videos and Discussion Questions.” It is designed to facilitate discussion about the issues raised in the video, “Kinship Adoption: You Get a Call, ‘Do You Want These Kids?’”

Hear about the challenges and experiences of an adoptive family and how they created belonging, healthy development, and normal experiences.

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

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

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

Explore the key components of engaging youth and families in individual permanency planning.

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

Learn to prepare transgender children and youth for court and support them in the courtroom.

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.

Get an overview of the issues related to the physical and emotional safety of child welfare workers.

Support agency staff in the authentic engagement of youth and families in individual permanency planning processes.