2009 Ruth Massinga Awards

The Ruth Massinga awards honor foster care constituents who work to provide, improve, and prevent the need for foster care. Congratulations to the winners of the 2009 awards.

Mental Health Practices Toolkit
This toolkit provides practical implementation tips, tools and resources for integrating and sustaining five mental health guidelines within child welfare agencies and other related settings.

Strategic Consulting
Provides expertise and support to state, local and tribal child welfare agencies, assisting those efforts that better the lives of children in foster care.

Public Policy

Builds public and political will to improve the child welfare system and ultimately prevent the need for foster care.

Direct Services
Provides high-quality foster care, kinship care and transition services for children and families while developing innovative practices that can be inherited by public agencies.