A framework for effectively partnering with young people

A framework for effectively partnering with young people

Why you should engage youth and how to create your own plan for building meaningful youth-adult partnerships.

Engaging kinship caregivers with Joseph Crumbley

Engaging kinship caregivers with Joseph Crumbley

This five-part video training series (and discussion guide) helps child welfare professionals learn to support kinship care providers.

Considerations and strategies for engaging tribes and tribal families

Considerations and strategies for engaging tribes and tribal families

Gain a better understanding of why it’s important to engage tribes and tribal families, and learn strategies for doing so in meaningful ways.

Family ties: Analysis from a state-by-state survey of kinship care policies

Family ties: Analysis from a state-by-state survey of kinship care policies

Find terminology, key survey findings, and recommendations for better supporting and removing barriers for kinship caregivers.

Supporting unlicensed kinship caregivers (Part two of Family ties: Analysis from a state-by-state survey of kinship care policies)

Supporting unlicensed kinship caregivers (Part two of Family ties: Analysis from a state-by-state survey of kinship care policies)

Learn more about how to better support unlicensed kinship caregivers.

Youth topics: Child welfare

Youth topics: Child welfare

Gain insight into LGBTQ+ youth’s experiences, and access resources for recruiting and supporting LGBTQ+ families.

Race equity and inclusion action guide: 7 steps to advance and embed race equity and inclusion within your organization

Race equity and inclusion action guide: 7 steps to advance and embed race equity and inclusion within your organization

This guide lays out seven specific actions for advancing race equity and inclusion.

A CHAMPS guide on foster parent recruitment and retention: Strategies for developing a comprehensive program

A CHAMPS guide on foster parent recruitment and retention: Strategies for developing a comprehensive program

Six strategies for developing a comprehensive program for recruiting and retaining foster parents.

How have some child protection agencies successfully recruited and retained resource families?

How have some child protection agencies successfully recruited and retained resource families?

Real-life examples representing a spectrum of strategies available for developing plans to recruit and retain resource families.

Intentionality: It’s what foster parent recruitment and retention needs

Intentionality: It’s what foster parent recruitment and retention needs

More than a dozen ways to recruit, develop, and support potential foster and adoptive families from a former case manager and MPLD graduate.

Foster home estimator: Helping child welfare agencies plan for family recruitment

Foster home estimator: Helping child welfare agencies plan for family recruitment

Use this estimator tool to build a more robust pool of foster parents.

What are some strategies for finding and keeping traditional and therapeutic resource families?

What are some strategies for finding and keeping traditional and therapeutic resource families?

Browse a list of detailed strategies for bolstering your recruitment and retention plans.

Strategies for successfully recruiting and retaining preferred-placement foster homes for American Indian children: Maintaining culture and compliance with the Indian Child Welfare Act

Strategies for successfully recruiting and retaining preferred-placement foster homes for American Indian children: Maintaining culture and compliance with the Indian Child Welfare Act

Strategies used by tribal and state teams working to increase the number of foster parents for Indigenous children.

Placement of children with relatives

Placement of children with relatives

This report outlines both the importance of placing children and youth with relatives and the various states’ statutes for doing so.

It’s all relative: Supporting kinship care discussion guide for training managers

It’s all relative: Supporting kinship care discussion guide for training managers

For training managers, a video series and discussion guide for learning to think differently about creating a more supportive environment for kinship caregivers.

It’s all relative: Supporting kinship care discussion guide for supervisors

It’s all relative: Supporting kinship care discussion guide for supervisors

For supervisors, a video series and discussion guide for learning to think differently about creating a more supportive environment for kinship caregivers.

Supporting caregivers through kinship navigator programs

Supporting caregivers through kinship navigator programs

Learn more about kinship navigator programs and their potential impact on improving outcomes for kinship caregivers.

Policy issues overview: Kinship services in tribal child welfare

Policy issues overview: Kinship services in tribal child welfare

Terminology, summaries, and practical recommendations for tribal child welfare programs wanting to engage kinship families.

Bridges across borders

Bridges across borders

How you can partner with International Social Service to connect family members separated by international borders.

Child-specific recruitment 101

Child-specific recruitment 101

What child-specific recruitment entails, and why you should be doing it.