What are some strategies that prioritize first placement of children with a family?
Explore strategies for prioritizing placement of children with kin or in family settings, when out-of-home care is necessary.
Foster parent recruitment and training
What resources are available to support trauma-informed, healing-centered approaches in child welfare?
Explore resources on the topic of trauma-informed, healing-centered child welfare systems that can be used to inform policy and practice.
How can parents and caregivers be supported in developing a positive co-parenting relationship?
Learn about the strategies that strengthen the co-parenting relationship between parents and caregivers.
What impacts placement stability?
Explore the importance of placement stability for youth in care and the factors that can affect it.
How can we improve placement stability for children in foster care?
Explore the promising approaches that have demonstrated a positive impact in improving placement stability.
Permanency and placement stability
Explore a variety of our resources related to the topics of permanency and placement stability.
How is Santa Clara County, Calif., moving to safely eliminate group and institutional placements?
Learn about the steps Santa Clara County is taking to eliminate group and institutional placements as options for youth in foster care.
How have some child protection agencies successfully recruited and retained resource families?
Learn how child protection agencies in New Jersey, Oklahoma, and Washington recruit and retain resource families for children in foster care.
What are some strategies for finding and keeping traditional and therapeutic resource families?
Explore effective strategies that child protection agencies can use to recruit and retain traditional and therapeutic resource families.
How can behavioral science be used to recruit foster and adoptive families?
Behavioral science offers ideas to improve the recruitment process for foster and adoptive parents in child welfare.