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Authentic youth engagement
Authentic youth engagement
Explore the importance of authentic youth engagement in driving positive outcomes for young people.
Going to extreme to find children’s families
Going to extreme to find children’s families
Explore a model for locating birth families for children and youth in need of adoption.
Kinship services in Tribal child welfare (Policy issues overview part one)
Kinship services in Tribal child welfare (Policy issues overview part one)
Discover highlights in the critical role of kinship care in Indigenous communities.
Guidance for policy language: Kinship services in Tribal child welfare (Policy issues overview part two)
Guidance for policy language: Kinship services in Tribal child welfare (Policy issues overview part two)
Explore specific policy language and trauma-informed recommendations to aid Tribal child welfare programs in developing effective, culturally relevant policies for kinship care.
What are some examples of effective family search and engagement
What are some examples of effective family search and engagement
Strategies for family search and engagement aimed at locating relatives and fictive kin for children in out-of-home care.
Social Media: Tips for child welfare workers
Social Media: Tips for child welfare workers
Tips for child welfare workers to balance the benefits and risks of social media.
Do gaps in data negatively impact children with complex medical needs?
Do gaps in data negatively impact children with complex medical needs?
This research underscores the need to create a consistent method for defining, identifying, and monitoring children with complex medical needs.
What are some strategies that prioritize first placement of children with a family?
What are some strategies that prioritize first placement of children with a family?
Learn about the importance of placing children in foster care with family members or close kin as their first placement.
Maryland modernizes kinship law to find families for more youth in foster care
Maryland modernizes kinship law to find families for more youth in foster care
Learn how new kinship care laws help to better identify and place foster youth with relatives or close family friends.
State-level data for understanding child welfare in the United States
State-level data for understanding child welfare in the United States
Comprehensive state-level data on child welfare in the United States.
Kinship as a diligent recruitment strategy: Lessons learned from Tribes
Kinship as a diligent recruitment strategy: Lessons learned from Tribes
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.
Using data to inform recruitment, retention, and support strategies during diligent recruitment planning and implementation
Using data to inform recruitment, retention, and support strategies during diligent recruitment planning and implementation
Explore how using data effectively enhances recruitment, retention, and support strategies in child welfare, leading to better outcomes for children and families.
Kinship policy improvements toward child welfare system transformation
Kinship policy improvements toward child welfare system transformation
An analysis of state kinship care policies based on a 2022 survey of child welfare administrators across the United States.
Overview of the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe Kinship Parenting Program
Overview of the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe Kinship Parenting Program
An overview of the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe Kinship Parenting Program that provides support and resources to kin caregivers and their families in Kitsap County,...
Kin-finding toolkit
Kin-finding toolkit
A toolkit to help child welfare agencies identify and connect children in care with their extended family members or other trusted adults.
Family dynamics in kinship families: Implications for services and programs
Family dynamics in kinship families: Implications for services and programs
Kinship expert Dr. Joseph Crumbley explores a framework that outlines the distinctive dynamics of kinship families in this webinar.
Analysis of state 2020 to 2024 foster and adoptive parent diligent recruitment plans
Analysis of state 2020 to 2024 foster and adoptive parent diligent recruitment plans
Find innovative strategies for recruiting and retaining foster parents across various states.
What data can tell us about foster placements for children and youth
What data can tell us about foster placements for children and youth
A collection of state fact sheets designed to inform and guide foster care policy decisions.
How can behavioral science be used to recruit foster and adoptive families?
How can behavioral science be used to recruit foster and adoptive families?
Explore how behavioral science can play a huge role in the recruitment of foster and adoptive families.