Hear a father and an agency administrator talk about what needs to be in place to make family engagement easier.

Hear how sharing power begins with building trusting relationships.

Hear about the experiences of sharing power between a child welfare agency leader in Nevada and a young adult with lived expertise.

Meet the series cohosts as they talk about sharing lived expertise and power with child welfare agency leaders and staff.

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. 

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

Watch this video to learn more about prevention planning advice and lessons learned from state child welfare leaders.

Watch this video to learn more about how a vision for prevention influences the development of a prevention plan.

Watch this video to learn more about how states are selecting and implementing prevention programs.

Watch this video to learn more about state experiences building capacity for prevention.

Watch this video to learn more about how states are engaging people with lived experience in prevention planning. 

Watch this video to learn more about state experiences communicating with partners about prevention. 

Highlights evaluation results of the University of Illinois Child Protection Training Academy simulation training. Evaluator Ted Cross provides a summary of key findings related to child welfare investigators’ confidence in the ability to do their jobs and worker retention. 

Highlights the beneficial role of agency support and encouragement to caregivers in ensuring effective foster parenting and successful reunification measures. In this video, a foster parent discusses the importance of communication and trust between caregivers and biological family members, along with agency training and resources, for successful reunification.

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.