What are community-based, multidisciplinary preventive legal advocacy programs?
Learn how multidisciplinary preventive legal advocacy programs support families in addressing and mitigating legal issues upstream.
Transforming child welfare systems
We need systems transformation in child welfare. We believe forward-thinking, innovative leaders can work in partnership across a variety of sectors to create a 21st century child welfare system. The resources featured here reflect responses to inquiries about developing ideas, accelerating progress, improving outcomes, and moving their systems and communities toward the vision of a transformed child welfare system.
How did New York City’s Community Partnerships and Family Enrichment Centers respond to families during a time of crisis?
Learn how New York City leveraged Family Enrichment Centers and Community Partnerships to support families during the COVID-19 pandemic.
How do some jurisdictions fund parent partner programs?
Learn about the three main sources of funding that are used to support parent partner programs.
How do parent partner programs recruit, train, and supervise parents with lived experience?
Explore how various parent partner programs recruit, train, and support the parents who serve as peer mentors to other parents.
Ending the Need for Group Placements
This learning exchange explores the “seven levers” that are key to ending the need for group placements in child welfare.
Should institutional placements be eliminated for youth in foster care?
Learn from a participatory qualitative research report about the impacts of institutional placement on youth who experienced them.
What does the Indian Child Welfare Act mean to the Navajo Nation?
Jonathan Nez, president of the Navajo Nation, reflects on the Indian Child Welfare Act and its importance to the Navajo Nation.
How do economic supports benefit families and communities?
Understand how access to fundamental and tangible economic supports can strengthen families and reduce child maltreatment.
How are some child protection agencies attending to Qualified Residential Treatment Program requirements?
Learn from five state agencies about their strategies for implementing the QRTP requirements of the Family First Prevention Services Act.
How can organizations assess their readiness to co-design?
Learn how organizations, partners, and key stakeholders can assess their readiness to co-design with people with lived experience.
What are some considerations when bringing evidence-based interventions to scale?
Understand how the Family First Prevention Services Act supports Indiana’s commitment to deliver evidence-based services to families.
Peer support: parent partner programs
Explore a variety of our resources related to parent partner programs.
How does My Community Cares in Louisiana build strong neighborhoods that keep families together?
Explore how My Community Cares supports and strengthens families in Louisiana through community-based programs and services.
Do state child welfare policies impact the rate of reported and substantiated child maltreatment?
Learn findings from a study that examined how state-level policies can impact the number of child maltreatment reports and substantiations.
How can child welfare leaders manage through crisis while maintaining momentum toward transformation?
Ann Silverberg Williamson shares what she has learned about leadership, values, and transformation efforts during times of crisis.
Parent partner programs: Understanding their value, research, impact, and application
This webinar deepens our understanding of parent partner programs and their positive effects on families impacted by child welfare.
How has New Jersey built a continuum of home visiting services?
Learn how leadership in New Jersey developed an array of home visiting programs to meet the diverse needs families with young children.
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 can child welfare leaders and providers reimagine support for children and families?
David Sanders discusses how child protection agencies and providers can move upstream to provide proactive support for families.
How did the blind removal process in Nassau County, N.Y., address disparity among children entering care?
Understand how de-identifying case information during removal decision meetings reduced disparities among children entering care.