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Peer Support: A Key Strategy for Supporting Resource Families in Tribal Communities

Describes the value and types of peer support and offers tips for implementing in tribal communities. Includes examples of successful programs.
Article

Placement of Children with Relatives

Offers an overview of state legislation prioritizing kinship placements. This resource also discusses adoption by relatives.
Brief/Tipsheet

Planning for Your Program’s Child Welfare Data System

Offers concise guiding questions for programs to consider as they develop or enhance a data system. Highlights data needs, program capacity, and readiness for change.
Webinar

Post Adoption and Guardianship Instability (PAGI) Tracking Toolkit: Webinar

This video is designed to help child welfare agencies gain a better understanding of the Post Adoption and Guardianship Instability (PAGI) Toolkit. This toolkit is designed to help child welfare agencies develop a systematic way to track instability for children who exit foster care through adoption or guardianship. Tracking instability over time can help agencies better understand how many families struggle after adoption or guardianship. Better tracking may also help agencies identify and respond to challenges early and intervene before crises and instability occur. It is best to watch this video first.
Tool/Toolkit

Post Adoption and Guardianship Instability Tracking Toolkit

Is designed to help child welfare agencies develop a systematic way to track instability for children who exit foster care through adoption or guardianship so they can better understand how many families struggle after adoption or guardianship and know when to intervene. Includes a webinar and a tracking workbook. Also includes a Users Guide that explains how to use the tools available in the tracking workbook and has a sample letter that agencies can send to families with questions that ask about if the child still lives with their adoptive parent or guardian and about the child’s well-being. 
Video

Post Adoption Connection Center

Highlights one adoption agency’s crisis response process through their Post Adoption Connection Center services, detailing the structure of their Placement Stabilization Team and offering guidance for implementing a similar support system within other adoption agencies. Users will need to create an account and use the code NCEPSFREE to access webinar. A training certificate is available.
Video

Post Adoption Services: Adoptees Talk About the Importance of Post Adoption Services

Provides the prospective of three adult adoptees on the importance of post-adoption services.
Article

Post-Adoption and Guardianship Support Across the Country

Presents information about what services jurisdictions across the country are providing to adoptive and guardianship families. Offers recommendations for those seeking to make changes.
Guide/Report

Post-Adoption and Guardianship Support Across the Country

Outlines the results of a nationwide survey asking what support respondent states provide for post-adoption and guardianship families.
Article

Post-Adoption and Guardianship Support Across the Country: Themes and Opportunities

Reports themes and opportunities gleaned from survey responses from 46 states and three territories about the post-adoption/guardianship services they provide.

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