Embedding support in all you do: 5 ways tribes can support resource families from first engagement

Embedding support in all you do: 5 ways tribes can support resource families from first engagement

Learn how you as a worker in a tribal child welfare agency can support families at every stage.

Keeping kids connected to their culture through kinship placements

Keeping kids connected to their culture through kinship placements

Hear how MPLD fellow Gilbert Soto identified barriers to kinship placements in New Jersey.

Leading systems-change efforts in Florida

Leading systems-change efforts in Florida

Hear one MPLD fellow share how her participation in the program helped her lead systems-change efforts at her organization in Florida.

National Adoption Month places emphasis on engaging youth

National Adoption Month places emphasis on engaging youth

Find resources for engaging older youth in their permanency planning.

Participación estralégica de los jóvenes en asuntos de permanencia

Participación estralégica de los jóvenes en asuntos de permanencia

Conceptos clave para involucrar a los jóvenes en su reclutamiento.

Partnering with faith communities to recruit families

Partnering with faith communities to recruit families

Hear from Marisele Esperance about how her participation in the MPLD program helped her efforts to recruit more families of color in her region.

Partnering with organizations to recruit families

Partnering with organizations to recruit families

A foster care supervisor in Nevada shares how partnerships help their county recruit foster families and match teens with mentors.

Screening resource families in to a role where they can succeed

Screening resource families in to a role where they can succeed

Hear from April Ludwig about the action research project she completed as part of the AdoptUSKids MPLD program.

Successfully recruiting and supporting African American families

Successfully recruiting and supporting African American families

What one agency did to remove barriers that prevented African Americans from fostering and adopting.

Supporting the identity of children adopted transracially

Supporting the identity of children adopted transracially

Learn about a training to help families and workers address issues related to transracial adoption.

The impact of the Great Resignation in child welfare

The impact of the Great Resignation in child welfare

Gain insight on the impact of the Great Resignation. Plus, strategies and tips employers can implement to improve worker retention.

Understanding trauma: It’s personal

Understanding trauma: It’s personal

Hear from Thomas Threlkeld on “Trauma 101” training for people working with children in foster care.

While-you-wait support groups for parents

While-you-wait support groups for parents

Learn how to make the wait seem shorter, keep families from giving up, and otherwise support prospective parents.

Why and how to support adoptive, foster, and kinship families

Why and how to support adoptive, foster, and kinship families

Giving families the support they need improves recruitment and retention efforts.

Why should leaders assess their family support services?

Why should leaders assess their family support services?

Two public agency leaders describe assessing post-adoption support services.

Workers: Help recruit speakers bureau members

Workers: Help recruit speakers bureau members

Personal stories can make potential adoptive parents think, “I could do this!”

Using data to improve the inquiry-to-licensing experience for families

Using data to improve the inquiry-to-licensing experience for families

Increase the number of resource families by combining data with effective engagement strategies.

Beyond Borders video: Achieving permanence across geographic boundaries

Beyond Borders video: Achieving permanence across geographic boundaries

Professionals share their stories and expertise about the value of interjurisdictional placements and how to make them work.

A comprehensive guide on supporting families

A comprehensive guide on supporting families

Effective strategies for developing data-driven family support services.

Addressing grief and loss in family support efforts

Addressing grief and loss in family support efforts

How grief and loss affect resource families and ways to support families.