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Video

Learn strategies to address the mental health needs of children, young people, and families.

Publication Year 2023
Webinar

​Learn from people with lived experience about the impact of kinship care on children in the child welfare system.

Publication Year 2022
Webinar

Hear about the youth-led projects of the Division X Technical Assistance project in fiscal year 2022.

Publication Year 2022
Webinar

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

Publication Year 2022
Webinar

Hear how Division X Technical Assistance Targeted Assistance Projects (TAPs) helped child welfare agencies enhance policies and practices for youth and young adults.

Publication Year 2022
Video

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

Publication Year 2017
Video

This video highlights engagement as a caseworker visits with a resource parent shortly after child placement.

Publication Year 2017
Video

This video highlights engagement as the caseworker visits a mother after her children were removed from her home.

Publication Year 2017
Video

This video highlights engagement as the caseworker visits a father in the county jail after his children were removed from his home.

Publication Year 2017
Video

This video highlights engagement as a caseworker and supervisor work together on the family’s case.

Publication Year 2017