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Adoptive Family: DNA Doesn’t Define a Family—Love Does

Frankie is 14 years old and lives with his sister, brothers, and moms. He and his sister were adopted when they were 2 years old and 4 years old, respectively. He loves spending time with his aunts, uncles, and cousins and loves being part of a big family.

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Building Capacity to Address Common Challenges

Use this tool with your prevention planning team to prepare for and tackle the adaptive challenges that many states face as they develop and implement prevention plans. 

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Building Capacity to Manage Change and Improve Child Welfare Practice

Learn about Child Welfare Capacity Building Collaborative's evidence-informed approach to the change and implementation process.

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Building Financial Capability: A Planning Guide for Integrated Services

Explores how to design, integrate, and implement financial capability services into existing programs targeted at youth who are transitioning out of foster care to help them manage their financial resources and avoid chronic financial instability. 

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Building Organizational Capacity in the Implementation of the Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard in Accordance With P.L. 113–183 Recorded Webinar

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. 

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Capacity Building for Innovation in Child Welfare

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

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Change and Implementation in Practice: Readiness Assessment Tool

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

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Change and Implementation Prevention Planning Crosswalk

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

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Child Welfare Organizational Capacities

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

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Considerations for LGBTQ Children and Youth in Foster Care: Exploring Normalcy as It Relates to P.L. 113–183 Recorded Webinar

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).

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Considerations for LGBTQ Children and Youth in Foster Care: Exploring Normalcy as It Relates to P.L. 113–183

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

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Defining Quality Contacts

Learn about quality contacts, why they are important, and how an agency can successfully implement them.

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Evidence-Based Practice Implementation: Responding to the Organizational and Workforce Challenges Recorded Webinar

Learn about research and practice insights for implementing evidence-based practices in child welfare systems.

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Financial Capability for Youth and Child Welfare

Provides an overview of resources and strategies to enhance approaches for providing financial capability training for youth who are transitioning out of foster care. 

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Foster and Adoptive Parent Licensing, Recruitment, and Retention: Systemic Factor Data Planning Worksheet

Identify data sources to explore your state’s system of foster and adoptive parent licensing, recruitment, and retention.