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Webinar

Hear about the youth-led projects of the Division X Technical Assistance project in fiscal year 2022.

Webinar

Hear how Division X Technical Assistance Targeted Assistance Projects (TAPs) helped child welfare agencies enhance policies and practices for youth and young adults.

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

PDF

Explore additional resources aimed at the needs of expecting and parenting teens in child welfare.

Video

Discover services and resources aimed at the needs of expecting and parenting teens in child welfare. 

PDF

Examine new software and technology innovations, which provide better, more integrated services and cut costs for states and jurisdictions.

Webinar

Provides an overview of resources and strategies to enhance approaches for providing financial capability training for youth who are transitioning out of foster care. 

PDF

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

PDF

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.

PDF

Examine a five-step framework that helps organizations promote youth engagement in normalcy conversations about the youth’s own care.

PDF

Learn to facilitate a normalcy conversation and to promote normal and developmentally appropriate experiences for youth in foster care.

Webinar

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

Webinar

Find out how the Youth Thrive Protective and Promotive Factors Framework supports agencies in their efforts to help youth achieve healthy development and well-being.

PDF

Discusses new software and technologies used in child welfare.