Resource Library

This guide is designed to support administrative leaders in states and other jurisdictions in using data to assess and identify ways to improve their service array.

Get guidance, tips, and strategies for assessing agency culture and climate. 

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. 

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

Meet the series cohosts as they talk about sharing lived expertise and power with child welfare agency leaders and staff.

Watch this video to learn more about how states are selecting and implementing prevention programs.

Watch this video to learn more about how a vision for prevention influences the development of a prevention plan.

Watch this video to learn more about prevention planning advice and lessons learned from state child welfare leaders.

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

Watch this video to learn more about how states are engaging people with lived experience in prevention planning. 

Watch this video to learn more about state experiences building capacity for prevention.

Find out where evidence-based programs and services are being implemented to prevent children from entering foster care.

Examine the Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program's purpose, objectives, history, funding, and requirements. 

Review the protective capacities and protective factors frameworks used to assess, intervene, and serve families.