The kinship caregivers featured in the video series speak candidly about the challenges they face, the support they need, and the rewards that motivate them to continue. Use this video series and discussion guide to create a more supportive environment and develop an agency culture that responds to caregivers’ needs.

The kinship caregivers featured in the video series speak candidly about the challenges they face, the support they need, and the rewards that motivate them to continue. Use this video series and discussion guide to create a more supportive environment and develop an agency culture that responds to caregivers’ needs.

The kinship caregivers featured in the video series speak candidly about the challenges they face, the support they need, and the rewards that motivate them to continue. Use this video series and discussion guide to create a more supportive environment and develop an agency culture that responds to caregivers’ needs.

Use this discussion guide to lead your team to integrate strategies into practice for immediate improvements and to identify models you can adapt for long-term change.

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

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.

Explores the tasks of routine monitoring and checking in with identified benchmarks or short-term outcomes.