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 practice can cause harm to families and why it should be avoided.
Workforce and organizational capacity
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.
How are child protection agencies navigating and addressing workforce challenges?
Learn how several jurisdictions are implementing strategies to recruit and retain a strong child welfare workforce.
How does turnover in the child welfare workforce impact children and families?
Learn about child welfare workforce turnover, its challenges to child protection agencies, and the impact it has on children and families.
How are kinship navigator programs developed and funded?
Learn about program development and funding stream recommendations from kinship navigator program experts in several states.
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.
What keeps community-based organizations from contracting with child and family services agencies, and what can be done about it?
Explore how agencies serving children and families can reduce barriers to contracting with small community-based organizations.
How can screening threshold analyses inform improved intake decisions?
Learn from an analysis that evaluated the accuracy of decisions of a central hotline to screen in or screen out reports that come in.
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.