Resource Library

Outlines how various forms of peer support—such as mentoring, support groups, peer liaisons, and direct support—can reduce isolation, provide encouragement, and help families access other helpful services. Describes seven successful peer support programs.

Highlights the work of Illinois and New Jersey for their work in the “Selective” interval-targeting families with known risk factors before problems arise.

Explores how Catawba County, North Carolina, implemented the Reach for Success outreach program. Enables sites to determine if the outreach intervention would work for their jurisdiction and prepare for implementation.

Provides information about The Supporting America’s Children and Families Act (2025), a key funding source for child welfare programs.  Major changes include increased funding for the Promoting Safe and Stable Families (PSSF) program, expanded tribal access, expanded services, kinship navigator grants, lived expert consultation, a post-permanency study and other broad reforms. These changes provide new opportunities to enhance support for children and families involved in the child welfare system.

Discusses the evolution of kinship care arrangements for foster children, highlighting changes in legislation and practices over time.

Delves into the deficiencience in the fundamental needs of custodial grandparent-headed households.

Hear one family’s experience with knowing that post-permanency supports are available.

Highlights the importance of respite services for adoptive parents. Respite provides essential breaks for caregivers, especially those who have adopted children with high levels of care, helping to support family stability and well-being. This article discusses how adoptive families need case management, support groups, educational resources and therapeutic counseling to help them navigate the complexities of adoption.

Synthesizes current research about child, family, and agency risk factors that contribute to discontinuity in adoption.