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.
Quality of care
Q&A: Kin-first culture in California
California’s child welfare leaders explain why the state focuses on kinship care and supporting kinship caregivers in this Q&A.
What strategies support effective implementation of the system of care approach?
Learn lessons from implementing a system of care approach across systems to improve behavioral health outcomes for children.
How can the system of care approach improve outcomes for children and families involved with child welfare?
Understand how the system of care approach brings together an array of partners to support children’s behavioral health needs.
Summary of child welfare class action litigation
Read summaries of class action litigation, brought forward by or on behalf of children in foster care.
Creating healing pathways for children with behavioral health needs
This report provides key considerations for jurisdictions grappling with the intersection of behavioral health needs and child welfare system.
How can child protection agencies partner to address behavioral health?
Explore how child protection can address the behavioral health needs of children and partner to build holistic approaches to prevention.
How can child protection agencies use telehealth to increase service access for children and families?
Explore how telehealth can give children and families involved in child welfare access to essential physical and behavioral health services.
Do gaps in data negatively impact children with complex medical needs?
Learn from a study that provides insight on child protection agencies that provide care to children with complex medical needs.
Youth in out-of-home care
Explore our Questions from the field resources related to youth in out-of-care settings.