Learn about the range of practices comprising the continuum of youth engagement to youth empowerment.

Explore additional resources for engaging individuals with lived experience as advisors for groups, committees, boards, and more.

Adapt proven strategies from this publication to improve specific areas of culture and that support collaborative development of an effective service array.

Adapt strategies from this publication to improve specific areas of culture and climate to support partnering with families after conducting an assessment.

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

Explore additional resources to learn how to accurately and safely collecting data on LGBTQIA2S+ youth and young adults.

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. 

Learn about Child Welfare Capacity Building Collaborative's evidence-informed approach to the change and implementation process.

Explore opportunities and lessons learned from the implementation of Division X of the Supporting Foster Youth and Families Through the Pandemic Act, P.L. 116–260.

Examine current research and how best to build organizational capacity in five areas, and learn about possible challenges and solutions.

Consider whose perspectives are represented on your team. 

Learn how implementation teams can assess readiness for change and implementation and support related planning.

Use this crosswalk to start thinking concretely about prevention planning as a change and implementation process. 

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

Explore additional resources and learn strategies for moving forward with prioritizing lived expertise in child welfare.