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 prevention planning advice and lessons learned from state child welfare leaders.

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

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

Learn about the definition and calculation of the CFSR statewide data indicator recurrence of maltreatment.

Learn about the definition and calculation of the CFSR statewide data indicator reentry to foster care.

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.

Illustrates the four shifts that need to occur at the organizational and practice levels to establish a youth welfare system that meets the needs of youth in foster care.

Highlights the importance of recognizing the foster family as an extension of a child’s biological family and the role of effective communication between caregivers and biological family members. This video shares the experience of one caregiver who found that successful collaboration with biological family members, along with agency assistance to promote family engagement, proved effective for family reunification.

Highlights motivating factors for caregivers serving children with therapeutic needs, including the value of caregiver support networks, continuous training, and a commitment to strengthen families within the caregiver’s community. This video shares a foster mother’s experiences collaborating with biological families toward positive outcomes for the children in her care.

Demonstrates the power of positive caregiver perspective alongside child welfare agency encouragement and support. In this video, caregivers share the concerns they had about becoming foster parents and discuss the resources that helped them become committed and effective foster parents.

Offers guidelines and practical suggestions for shifting from a child-focused system that is often reactive, case plan-driven, and protection-focused to a youth-focused system that is proactive, youth-driven, developmentally framed, and normalcy focused.