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The Center for States provides research assistance and responds to information requests on building capacity in child welfare.

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

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

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Learn about the challenges faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) families involved with the child welfare system and ways to help them.

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Discover how parent partner programs support family reunification by guiding and motivating parents into constructive interactions with the child welfare system and courts.

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

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Get practical information about supporting coordinated strategic and long-term planning.

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See how staff can boost their knowledge and skills for engaging families, community providers, and others.

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Learn how child welfare professionals and family leaders can use the Parent Partner Program Navigator, a web-based, interactive resource that offers guidance for designing and implementing parent partner programs at child welfare agencies.

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​​Explore various perspectives on how child welfare professionals can engage youth and young adults in child welfare practice.​ 

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Explore existing frameworks for protective capacities and protective factors and learn how to use them together for better prevention.

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Build skills in community engagement in quality improvement and enhanced data exploration. 

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Learn sound methods for integrating a focus on race equity in data analysis and CQI. 

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Discover how the reasonable and prudent parent standard (RPPS) has been implemented in one state to promote normalcy for children and youth in foster care.

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Explore how child welfare agencies, legal and judicial stakeholders, prevention partners, and communities can work together to build prevention-focused systems, starting with jurisdictions' 2020–24 Child and Family Services Plans (CFSPs). 

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Explore strategies to recruit and support caregivers, strengthen their voices, and work together with them to meet the needs of children and youth.