What are some strategies for finding and keeping resource families?
Explore effective strategies that child protection agencies can use to recruit and retain traditional and therapeutic resource families.
Social worker/direct practitioner
How have some child protection agencies recruited and retained resource families?
Learn how New Jersey, Oklahoma, and Washington state have recruited and retained resource families.
What are family-based placements?
Learn about a range of family-based placement settings that are tailored to the needs of the child being placed in foster care.
Raising hope in Allegheny County
A commitment to a kin-first culture means the world to families in Pennsylvania.
Knowing your roots
Thanks to Kinnect, Theo was placed with fictive kin and is connected to his siblings and extended family.
‘I don’t know who I would be’
Thanks to kinship care, Keeton Byerly was raised by his grandfather instead of being placed into foster care.
Connecting with kin in Ohio
Kinnect offers services that enable and support kinship placements. That makes all the difference to siblings like Jonathon and Chrishonna.
Baltimore: ‘All in for kin’
The KinCare Center is a physical representation of Baltimore City DSS’s commitment to supporting kinship families.
Support means Bristol can stay with family
Thanks to state-provided support, Bristol was able to receive specialized care from her grandmother after being separated from her mother.
What are the enduring lessons for child welfare from the COVID-19 pandemic?
The COVID-19 pandemic gave rise to several important research-based lessons about child safety and family well-being.
