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Explore additional resources aimed at the needs of expecting and parenting teens in child welfare.

Publication Year 2022
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See strategies and examples for partnering with faith-based communities and leaders on behalf of children and youth in foster care waiting to be adopted.

Publication Year 2019
Video

Learn about the challenges of engaging difficult-to-reach populations of youth and young adults. 

Publication Year 2022
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Explore additional resources to learn about the challenges of engaging difficult-to-reach populations of youth and young adults.

Publication Year 2022
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Learn how leveraging NGO connections in the community can help child welfare systems be more flexible and adaptable in achieving program goals.

Publication Year 2019
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Get ideas for working with community foundations, endowments, and charitable trusts to improve outcomes for children and youth.

Publication Year 2019
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Examine new software and technology innovations, which provide better, more integrated services and cut costs for states and jurisdictions.

Publication Year 2016
Webinar

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

Publication Year 2015
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Identify data sources to explore your state’s system of foster and adoptive parent licensing, recruitment, and retention.

Publication Year 2023
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Examine a five-step framework that helps organizations promote youth engagement in normalcy conversations about the youth’s own care.

Publication Year 2017
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Learn to facilitate a normalcy conversation and to promote normal and developmentally appropriate experiences for youth in foster care.

Publication Year 2017
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Explore the various aspects of the importance of normalcy for children and youth in care.

Publication Year 2016
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Learn how to create an agency organizational culture that is inclusive and knowledgeable about the unique needs of LGBTQ children, youth, and families.

Publication Year 2016
Video

Explore strategies to help child welfare organizations create equity in the workplace. 

Publication Year 2021
Webinar

Explore the Center’s Focused Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Services training curriculum and learn more about how it can be used to support a team’s CQI goals.

Publication Year 2016