Engage staff and partners with activities in this guide to start a dialogue and create a vision for a more prevention-focused child welfare system.

Read about the value of collaboration as the key to prevention, safety, and long-term stability for children and families.

Access strategies to better understand and implement the family engagement requirements of the FFPSA.

Helps child welfare agencies respond to the need to alter practice and communication routines when “normal” child welfare services have been disrupted and better prepare agencies for future disruptions

Explore actions that can lead to building authentic, collaborative, and prevention-focused child welfare systems.

Explore the types of simulation training available, the benefits, costs, and other considerations, when setting up a simulation training program.

Explore a family-focused program that embodies many of the changes that Kentucky wants to see throughout its child welfare system in this podcast. The START, program demonstrates a shift in organizational culture to focus on family and serves as an example of a truly collaborative team that uses early intervention and a shared decision-making model to work with families.

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

Explore how child welfare agencies, legal and judicial stakeholders, prevention partners, and communities can work together to build prevention-focused systems, starting with jurisdictions' 2020–24 Child and Family Services Plans (CFSPs). 

Get practical information about supporting coordinated strategic and long-term planning.

See how staff can boost their knowledge and skills for engaging families, community providers, and others.

Explore the efforts agencies, community collaborative organizations, and others are making to bring families, youth, and communities to the table as they strive to improve the child welfare system in this podcast. 

This video highlights engagement as a caseworker visits a 16-year-old youth months after a placement.

This reference guide describes the six short videos and paired discussion guides that demonstrate what quality visits look like in practice within one family system over a period of time. 

Pair this discussion guide with its corresponding video to understand the value of engaging a supervisor in coaching for family visits.