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. 

Browse the themes and key takeaways from the How We Partner With the Community to Improve Service Options podcast series.

Learn about the practice and systemic changes Hawaii, Indiana, and Westchester County, NY, made in partnership with their youth and young adult partners.

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

Learn how implementation teams can assess readiness for change and implementation and support related planning.

Consider whose perspectives are represented on your team. 

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

Learn how to engage young people and families with lived expertise in the CFSR process at a child welfare agency. 

Learn about the identified five dimensions of capacity, browse examples of each, and find out why each dimension is important to an organization.

Explore additional resources and learn strategies for moving forward with prioritizing lived expertise in child welfare.

Discover strategies for co-creating and sharing power with youth and families in child welfare.

Learn about normalcy for LGBTQ children and youth in foster care in the context of the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act (P.L. 113–183).

Get informed about creating normalcy for LGBTQ children and youth in foster care and browse relevant examples.

Learn how to support LGBTQIA2S+ children and young people at a child welfare agency.

Helps public child welfare agencies understand the purpose of and context for the Creating LGBTQ Affirming Agencies video and how the video can be used to support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) children, youth, and families who are involved in the child welfare system.