Learn about the ways identification, development, and support of kinship placements can strengthen your diligent recruitment efforts and promote positive outcomes for children and youth.
Learn the importance of addressing systemic inequities in child welfare.
Strategies to highlight stories of individuals with lived experience in your advocacy efforts.
Learn how Tribal communities can create safe and welcoming environments for Two-Spirit and Native LGBTQ+ youth.
Explore the importance of authentic youth engagement in driving positive outcomes for young people.
Tailored for States and Tribes, use this resource to focus discussions on diligent recruitment approaches to serve LGBTQ+ youth and adults.
Explore a model for locating birth families for children and youth in need of adoption.
Discover highlights in the critical role of kinship care in Indigenous communities.
Explore specific policy language and trauma-informed recommendations to aid Tribal child welfare programs in developing effective, culturally relevant policies for kinship care.
Learn how to write compelling and respectful narratives for children in the adoption process.
Strategies to shape your system to best use child-specific recruitment by creating effective, strengths-based profiles.
Strategies for caregivers to support and affirm LGBTQ+ youth in foster care.
Explore the importance of integrating positive youth development with racial equity, inclusion, and belonging approaches in the child welfare and justice systems.
Best practices for collecting and using comprehensive demographic data.
Strategies for family search and engagement aimed at locating relatives and fictive kin for children in out-of-home care.
Tips for child welfare workers to balance the benefits and risks of social media.
What to include and avoid in children’s narratives, plus suggested interview questions, writing tips, and sample narratives.
This research underscores the need to create a consistent method for defining, identifying, and monitoring children with complex medical needs.
Learn about the importance of placing children in foster care with family members or close kin as their first placement.
Learn how new kinship care laws help to better identify and place foster youth with relatives or close family friends.