Learn the characteristics and results that describe the right people to engage youth and get guidance for recruiting, hiring, and retaining these employees.

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

Explore coaching steps and tips supervisors can use to help workers strengthen skills and meet goals.

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

Learn about adolescent brain development, trauma-responsive care, and the importance of normalcy.

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

Find information about using collaborative practices and models across human service systems to better serve families dealing with co-occurring issues.

Explore this tip sheet to learn about child welfare agency and court responsibilities related to APPLA provisions and strategies to achieve permanency.

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

Explore promising practices in pregnancy, parenting, and prevention services and view practice examples, including evidence-based programs, in-home services, and specialized units.

Explore innovative programs and strategies that child welfare professionals can use to support reunification and emphasize caregiver and parent voice.

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Provides an overview of the Family Empowerment and Leadership Academy (FELA), a learning experience designed to assist States in building their system capacity to involve family leaders at all levels of agency child welfare administration and practice.

Hear how Cortez, and adoptee, overcame his struggles to build an identity in a changing environment.

Learn how Daryle reconnected with this Tribe after being separated from his cultural background in foster care.

Brandon is a 21-year-old alumnus of the foster care system. He was in the foster care system for about 10 years and serves as a foster care advocate, working in State government for the last 3 years. He feels that normal activities for all youth in foster care should include getting a driver’s license, going on out-of-State and overnight trips, and participating in sports.