What are jurisdictions learning and doing as they address racial disparities in child welfare?
Explore the lessons of a Race Equity Improvement Collaborative and how its jurisdictions are advancing equity in child welfare.
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 are child welfare systems using flexible funds to support families and prevent the need for foster care?
Learn how using economic and concrete support strategies to address basic needs can support families and help prevent family separation.
What are the key elements for sustaining, expanding, and spreading parent partner programs?
Learn about the key elements of successful parent partner programs that offer support, guidance, and hope to birth parents.
How can people with lived experience be most effectively involved in systems change?
Learn lessons from a research report that are adaptable to child welfare on how to successfully engage people with lived experience.
How does the language used in child welfare impact families?
Co-developed with parents, this brief highlights the impacts of language and why certain terms used in child welfare should be reconsidered.
How can data sharing across child- and family-serving systems be implemented effectively?
Explore how sharing data across systems can lead to more community-based, proactive support for families.
How can individuals with direct experience of child welfare help to reform the system?
Learn findings from a national survey in which three stakeholder groups voiced the systemic challenges faced by child welfare.
What training models exist for new parent partners to become effective advocates?
This appendix lists training topics and approaches that eight parent partner programs use during new parent partner onboarding.
What are the four pillars of authentic engagement of communities and individuals with lived experience through co-design?
Explore the four key pillars of ChiByDesign’s approach to successful co-design with people with lived experience.
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.
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.