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).

Discover the key components of the Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Training Academy.

Explores the planning task of creating a usability testing plan to try critical intervention components and implementation procedures to see how they work.

Learn how to create a culturally inclusive environment by developing a welcoming, culturally sensitive, supportive, and affirming agency for all people.

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

Learn about the values of cultural competence, cultural humility, and cultural safety, and how to implement them at a child welfare agency.  

Hear a summary of the CWVE 2023 sessions and a motivational message for improving child welfare workforce recruitment, retention, and well-being.

Join the Capacity Building Center for States and the Children’s Bureau at the 2023 Child Welfare Virtual Expo (CWVE), Recruit, Retain, and Support: Strategies for Strengthening the Child Welfare Workforce! 

This year’s CWVE will present jurisdictional strategies to recruit and retain child welfare professionals, as well as programs and emerging practices to strengthen and support a diverse workforce.  

Highlights the advocacy work of state and regional youth leadership councils. Two paid regional and state youth specialists and the Texas Director for Transitional Living Services describe how including youth voice by providing them a “seat at the table” at the state capital enhances the child welfare system. All three discuss the rewards and personal impact of their work.

This video is a part of the Empowering Caregivers, Strengthening Families Video Series. It demonstrates key aspects of agency support to caregivers, including the importance of quality personal contact, training, and resources to empower caregivers through the process of moving from foster parenting to adoption.

Examines how teams can determine an approach and develop a plan for pilot testing.

Presents strategies for building a systemwide organizational culture that promotes working collaboratively to improve service array.

Explore strategies for developing a comprehensive community prevention framework across all levels of prevention.

Watch this video to learn how community-based partnerships strengthen families and see what jurisdictions are doing to build lines of collaboration and trust.

Learn about Dezzie’s experience bonding with her newborn while embracing parenting classes and other agency supports in her journey to be reunified with her daughter.