See statistics on increased risks for LGBTQ youth and learn how child welfare systems can use healthy approaches when working with LGBTQ children and youth.

This National Foster Care Month (NFCM) event explores how agencies can partner with young people in the foster care system to build strong, supportive networks and achieve relational permanency.

Learn how jurisdictions across the country respond to human trafficking cases and explore the latest developments in effective intervention.

Learn how Anntesha’s experience as a child living with her grandparents and later in foster care influenced her to become a relative caregiver to her niece and nephew and work as a kinship navigator. 

Explore how data reported in AFCARS about youth who run away from state custody can be used to inform interventions.

Explore additional resources to learn how to accurately and safely collecting data on LGBTQIA2S+ youth and young adults.

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

Learn about Catherine’s journey recovering from trauma and addiction to be successfully reunified with her daughter.

Access this project management resource to plan for the CFSR Statewide Assessment. 

Learn common CFSR terms and acronyms.

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Provides a broad overview of the Child Welfare Response to Child and Youth Sex Trafficking learning curriculum and explores how the curriculum could be integrated into agency training programs.

Read about our new Young Adult Consultant team member, find helpful information about the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA), ways to engage persons with lived experience, and more!

Read about Citizens Review Panel (CRP) recruitment, discover key strategies for tribal engagement, and explore ways to collaborate with agency partners. 

See how coordination can improve identification, reporting, and services for youth who are victims or at risk of becoming victims of sex trafficking.

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).