Supporting a positive racial identity for BIPOC children in transracial placements: A discussion guide

Supporting a positive racial identity for BIPOC children in transracial placements: A discussion guide

This guide is for parent group leaders who are leading a discussion about positive racial identity in transracial placements.

The importance of race and culture in adoption permanency decisions

The importance of race and culture in adoption permanency decisions

Hear what it was like to be adopted transracially from a guest speaker with lived experience.

The interstate compact on adoption and medical assistance

The interstate compact on adoption and medical assistance

Basic information about interstate compacts and how they facilitate adoption assistance services.

Tool for assessing and improving family support services

Tool for assessing and improving family support services

Use this tool to plan and conduct a review of your support-service array and consider ways to strengthen your services.

Tribal supplement to the Diligent Recruitment Navigator

Tribal supplement to the Diligent Recruitment Navigator

This planning tool specifically for tribes provides additional discussion questions and people to include when using the Diligent Recruitment Navigator.

Understanding, engaging, and supporting Native families

Understanding, engaging, and supporting Native families

An introduction to tribes, citizenship, and connection, plus strategies to support and engage families.

Using family-finding models to achieve permanency (part 1)

Using family-finding models to achieve permanency (part 1)

Presenters share highlights of AdoptUSKids’ recent work supporting replication of family-finding models in multiple child welfare systems.

Using family-finding models to achieve permanency (part 2)

Using family-finding models to achieve permanency (part 2)

Presenters provide details on three models to family finding and engagement that AdoptUSKids helped jurisdictions replicate.

Working with African American families

Working with African American families

A brief guide to understanding and working with African American families.

Diligent recruitment planning

Diligent recruitment planning

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Kinship as a diligent recruitment strategy: Lessons learned from Tribes

Kinship as a diligent recruitment strategy: Lessons learned from Tribes

Meet our team

Meet our team

We are an experienced group of child welfare experts dedicated to helping you improve outcomes for children and families. Find out how we can help...

Why diligent recruitment matters

Why diligent recruitment matters

Explore why diligent recruitment is an invaluable practice for systems-change in child welfare.

Leveraging data to improve diligent recruitment planning and implementation

Leveraging data to improve diligent recruitment planning and implementation

Learn about the ways data can support your diligent recruitment efforts. Gain strategies for using data to monitor and improve outcomes for children and youth...

Six tips for developing your diligent recruitment plan

Six tips for developing your diligent recruitment plan

Beginning your diligent recruitment plan can seem overwhelming. Here are six tips to get you started.

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Deborah Burrus Germany

Deborah Burrus Germany

she/her National Center Director

Candis Jones

Candis Jones

she/her Director of Intensive Technical Assistance

Kate Hurt

Kate Hurt

she/her Senior Advisor