Resource Library

Explore how independent verification and validation services for title IV-E agencies are used for child welfare information systems projects.

Explore how data reported in AFCARS about youth who run away from state custody can be used to inform interventions.

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. 

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

This manual examines the roles and responsibilities of child protective services (CPS) workers. It describes the purposes, key decisions, and issues of each stage of the CPS process and strategies for casework supervision, training, and support.

Learn about the identified five dimensions of capacity, browse examples of each, and find out why each dimension is important to an organization.

Here you will find interviews with Toni Lawal, Tennessee’s Citizen Review Panel (CRP) Coordinator, and Stuart Oppenheim, Executive Director of the Child and Family Policy Institute of California; an update on the Pennsylvania CRP; and Office on Child Abuse and Neglect (OCAN) and Children’s Bureau (CB) updates.

Find information about the national citizen review panel community, including federal and state updates, webinars, and more.

Find information about the national citizen review panel community, including federal and state updates, webinars, and more.

Find information about the national citizen review panel (CRP) community, including federal and state updates, webinars, and more.

Find the eligibility requirements of the Children’s Justice Act Grant and the roles and responsibilities of Grantees.

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

Get the latest research on decision science and safety decision-making practices in child welfare to help improved safety outcomes.

Watch this video to learn how community-based partnerships strengthen families and see what jurisdictions are doing to build lines of collaboration and trust.

Tells the story of the relationship, initially forged over a shared meal, between a youth and her CASA worker. The CASA worker’s advocacy for concrete supports to meet the youth’s needs helped grow the trust in their relationship.