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

Learn the importance of effective, ongoing collaboration between child welfare agencies and community-based partners.

Learn about the importance of successful collaboration and engagement for implementing prevention-focused systems.

Learn about Catherine’s journey recovering from trauma and addiction to be successfully reunified with her daughter.

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

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

See how coordination can improve identification, reporting, and services for youth who are victims or at risk of becoming victims of sex trafficking.

​Learn from people with lived experience about the impact of kinship care on children in the child welfare system.

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

Explore strategies for developing a comprehensive community prevention framework across all levels of prevention.

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

Learn about Dezzie’s experience bonding with her newborn while embracing parenting classes and other agency supports in her journey to be reunified with her daughter.

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.

Explore the process of transitioning to a prevention-focused child welfare system from several perspectives, including those of a mother and son with lived experience and leaders who set the tone and direction for putting families at the center of child welfare work.

Gain a deeper understanding of the dynamics of effective collaboration and how to avoid pitfalls when implementing partnerships for primary prevention.