How can child protection agencies and faith-based organizations work together to meet family needs?
Key partnership strategies continue to evolve from a focus on foster care and adoption to prevention-oriented and family-support efforts.
Foster parent recruitment and training
Why should child protection agencies and faith-based organizations partner to support children and families?
Many reasons exist for child protection agencies and faith-based organizations to serve together to keep children safe and families strong.
How can child protection agencies recruit and train supportive families for LGBTQ+ youth in foster care?
Explore how child protection agencies can recruit and train affirming families to meet the unique needs of LGBTQ+ youth in foster care.
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.
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.
How can investigation, removal, and placement processes be more trauma-informed?
Explore strategies of trauma-sensitive casework practices when investigations, removals, and placements are necessary.
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.
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.