Provides an overview of essential functions for conducting usability testing where needed, determining the need for piloting a new program or intervention, and planning to stage and scale up implementation of a new program or intervention.

Explore tools, resources, and strategies to build a continuum of behavioral health care for children and youth involved with child welfare. 

Use this resource to prompt discussion and adopt a change management approach  during the development of child welfare information systems.

Use the template and instructions provided to develop parent partner program manuals.

Use the four domain areas of the Parent Partner Program Navigator to learn the key components of designing and implementing successful parent partner programs.

Learn how child welfare professionals and family leaders can use the Parent Partner Program Navigator, a web-based, interactive resource that offers guidance for designing and implementing parent partner programs at child welfare agencies.

Browse casework activities to use before, during, and after a caseworker visit with children, youth, and families.

This video highlights engagement as the caseworker visits a father in the county jail after his children were removed from his home.

This video highlights engagement as the caseworker visits a mother after her children were removed from her home.

This video highlights assessment as the caseworker visits a young child at the resource parent’s home soon after placement.

This video highlights engagement as a caseworker visits with a resource parent shortly after child placement.

This video highlights engagement as a caseworker visits a 16-year-old youth months after a placement.

Learn how supervisors and program managers can assist child welfare caseworkers in conducting quality visits with parents.

This reference guide describes the six short videos and paired discussion guides that demonstrate what quality visits look like in practice within one family system over a period of time. 

Explores the task of developing plans to stage and scale up an intervention for implementation on a larger scale in a sustainable way.