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This podcast episode features a discussion between a father and a child welfare agency administrator about how to make family engagement easier. The podcast explores how authentic engagement of people with lived experience can benefit parents, agencies, and improve outcomes for families, children, and youth. Learn more.  ...
This nine-segment podcast series seeks to examine the roles and perspectives of first responders, marginalized communities, legal systems, and the role of OJJDP in the opioid crisis. The podcast series is a product of the Opioid Affected Youth Initiative (OAYI), which supports juvenile and criminal justice systems to address the ...
This four-part webinar series seeks to deepen practitioners’ ability to provide healing care to transitional-aged young people who access mental health and community-based services. Through generative conversation, expert panel discussions, active learning experiences, and the exploration of tangible action steps, participants will expand their existing orientation to their work with ...
This brief (PDF, 11 pages) provides policy considerations that help young people and their families foster economic self-sufficiency through financial literacy and independence. These strategies can reduce financial pressures for young people as they transition to employment and adulthood. Learn more (PDF, 11 pages). ...
This fact sheet (PDF, 2 pages) shares resources to help child welfare professionals support the health, well-being, and cultural connectivity of Native youth while they journey into adulthood. Learn more. 
This brief (PDF, 20 pages) reviews the eligibility pathways that enable children and youth in foster care to receive Medicaid or other health-care coverage. The brief provides resources to help young people understand their health-care options and to help child welfare agencies assist children, youth, and families in accessing health-care ...
This bulletin (PDF, 31 pages) provides a brief overview of racial and ethnic disproportionality and disparity in the child welfare system. The resource describes practices that child welfare caseworkers, administrators, program managers, and policymakers can implement to address these issues in general and at specific decision-making points along the child ...
This guide (PDF, 20 pages) explores how caseworkers can identify and support young people who have been victimized and those with risk factors for future victimization. The guide provides background information about trafficking, strategies to identify and support victims and potential victims, and links to tools and resources that can ...
Application deadline: April 19, 2024, 11:59 pm ET  ACF is soliciting proposals from Tribes, Tribal organizations, or Tribal consortia to develop and submit a plan to implement a title IV-E foster care, adoption assistance, and, at Tribal option, guardianship assistance program. The grant may be used for costs relating to:  The development ...
This webpage contains a video and corresponding discussion guide to help facilitate conversations among child welfare teams about advancing racial equity in practice. Learn more. 
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