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Beyond the Numbers, Get to Know the Person in Front of You: LGBTQIA2S+ Youth and Families

Learn strategies for accurately and safely collecting data on LGBTQIA2S+ youth and young adults.

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Do No Harm: Engaging Parent and Kinship Families

Learn about the value of kinship placements when children and youth must live outside their birth parents’ homes. 

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Engaging Expecting and Parenting Teens in Child Welfare

Discover services and resources aimed at the needs of expecting and parenting teens in child welfare. 

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The Policies at Play: A Conversation About Indigeneity and Child Welfare

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