Identify data sources to explore agency responsiveness to the community.

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. 

Identify data sources to explore how well your state’s case review system is functioning.

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

Understand the role of coaching in supporting workers, including coaching functions, effectiveness, models, and strategies.

Learn effective strategies to collect, analyze, and use data related to caseworker visits.

Learn about quality contacts, why they are important, and how an agency can successfully implement them.

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.

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

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

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

Get practical information about supporting coordinated strategic and long-term planning.

Listen to a youth support partner tell her story of living in kinship care with her grandmother and being reunified with her mother. She discusses the difficulties during her time in care and the system support that might have helped to promote a better relationship with her mother. As a mentor, she helps youth heal from trauma and use their voice in positive ways.

See how staff can boost their knowledge and skills for engaging families, community providers, and others.

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