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.

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

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

Explore strategies for engaging and empowering fathers of color in child welfare. 

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

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

See strategies and examples for partnering with faith-based communities and leaders on behalf of children and youth in foster care waiting to be adopted.

Learn about the challenges of engaging difficult-to-reach populations of youth and young adults. 

Explore additional resources to learn about the challenges of engaging difficult-to-reach populations of youth and young adults.

Learn how leveraging NGO connections in the community can help child welfare systems be more flexible and adaptable in achieving program goals.

Get ideas for working with community foundations, endowments, and charitable trusts to improve outcomes for children and youth.

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

Hear about the experiences of sharing power between a child welfare agency leader in Nevada and a young adult with lived expertise.

Hear how sharing power begins with building trusting relationships.

Learn how to effectively present data in digestible and actionable ways that lead to real change.