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Blank Worksheet: The Good-Better-Best Continuum of Service Provision

Assists agencies to evaluate how well the services in an area of their choice follow the Youth Welfare approach.

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Building Capacity to Address Common Challenges

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. 

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Case Study Worksheet: Providing Health Care Services for Youth in Care Along the Good-Better-Best Continuum

Assists readers in exploring the Youth Welfare approach to service provision in the area of health care.

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Change and Implementation Prevention Planning Crosswalk

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

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Embracing a "Youth Welfare" System: A Guide to Capacity Building

Learn about the Youth Welfare approach, which outlines how agencies can shift from a child-focused system to a youth-focused system.

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Engaging Faith-Based Communities to Achieve Timely Permanency for Children and Youth Waiting to Be Adopted

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.

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Engaging Nongovernmental Organizations to Achieve Timely Permanency for Children and Youth 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.

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Engaging Philanthropic Partners to Achieve Timely Permanency for Children and Youth Waiting to Be Adopted

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

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Good-Better-Best: A Youth Welfare Approach to Employment

Assists agencies to evaluate how well the services in an area of their choice follow the Youth Welfare approach.

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Good-Better-Best: A Youth Welfare Approach to Financial Literacy

Suggests examples of service provision for youth in foster care in the area of financial literacy and describes how those services can be improved using a “Good-Better-Best” continuum approach.

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Implementing Parent Partner Programs and Supporting Reunification: National Foster Care Month Recorded Webinar

Discover how parent partner programs support family reunification by guiding and motivating parents into constructive interactions with the child welfare system and courts.

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Parent Partner Program Manual: Sample Policies and Procedures

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

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Parent Partner Program Navigator: Designing and Implementing Parent Partner Programs in Child Welfare

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

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Parent Partner Program Navigator Launch Recorded Webinar

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.

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Prevention Planning Roundtable: Communicating With Partners About Prevention Video

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