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.
Workforce and organizational practice
How can we move towards systems transformation by sharing power with parents who have lived experience of child welfare?
Learn from parent advocates about how child welfare leaders can share power effectively and successfully with the families they serve.
What strategies support pregnant and parenting teens in foster care?
Learn about effective strategies and programs that meet the unique needs of pregnant and parenting teens in foster care.
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.
How do California’s child protection agencies collaborate to prevent foster care and support family well-being?
This jurisdictional scan profiles how California is collaborating across agencies to support and fund prevention services for families.
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.
Why should child protection agencies engage and involve all fathers?
Explore why it is important for child protection agencies to involve and engage with fathers and how barriers to doing so can be addressed.
How do case outcomes differ based on child maltreatment referral source?
Explore outcomes from research looking at child maltreatment referral sources by profession.
How is the practice of hidden foster care inconsistent with federal policy and harmful to children and families?
Learn how the practice of hidden foster care can cause harm to families and why it should be avoided.
What should every child protection agency do to ensure that children are placed with kin?
Explore three key principles to learn how child protection agencies can make placing children with kin caregivers a universal practice.
What is Connecticut’s trauma-informed approach?
Learn how Connecticut integrated trauma-informed practices throughout its child welfare system with an innovative approach.
What are kinship navigator programs?
Learn about the key elements of kinship navigator programs, jurisdictional examples, and evaluation outcomes.
