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Addresses what adoption professionals should know about supporting families in crisis who may be considering disruption or dissolution. The speakers help professionals identify and secure appropriate resources while prioritizing adoptive families’ safety and stability. Users will need to create an account and use the code NCEPSFREE to access webinar. Training certificate is available upon completing all requirements.

Explains how to effectively support families experiencing AFCCA through compassionate, trauma-informed, and coordinated responses. It emphasizes normalizing and validating caregivers’ experiences, integrating AFCCA screening into the routine assessments, and providing tailored interventions such as trauma-informed therapy, caregiver coaching, safety planning, and respite services. This article highlights the importance of adoption-competent mental health support and caregiver well-being as well. To learn more about Aggression Toward Families/Caregivers in Childhood and Adolescence (AFCCA), read this related article: When Children Harm in the Home: Aggression Toward Families/Caregivers in Childhood and Adolescence (AFCCA)  

Highlights California’s former Kinship Navigator Collaborative involving iFoster, 211 California, and the United Way of California. This podcast discusses the utilization of the projects online portal by caregivers and child welfare professionals, critical findings drived from the projects comprehensive evaluation, and caregivers receptiveness to utilizing a self-serve collection of resources.

Focuses on the Kinship Interdisciplinary Navigation Technologically-Advanced Model (KIN-Tech) in Florida. This episode devles into the program’s structure, implementation, and the findings of a radomized control trial evaluation.

Discusses post-permanency services for adoptive and guardianship families in Oklahoma and Michigan.  It highlights the states’ approaches, funding strategies and lessons learned. This article demonstrates how robust post-permanency services can be achieved through data analysis, legislative collaboration, and incentive funding strategies.    

Provides both national and state perspectives on the growth and use of Parent Peer Support Providers (PSSPs) across systems on the critical importance of establishing standards of training and support for implementation to ensure a qualified workforce. The information and strategies to be highlighted are based on the experience and work of national and statewide family organizations. Presenters will address topics including establishing standards in training, developing methods for engaging organizations in training, and providing ongoing support and professional development for those that have been trained. The unique challenges faced by supervisors of PPSPs will be described along with strategies [...]

Explains how youth advisory boards give young people impacted by child welfare a voice, build their professional skills and help agencies improve services. This article outlines strategies for broad, diverse, and ongoing recruitment, emphasizing clear job descriptions, youth-friendly applications and inclusive outreach. It also highlights successful boards like Louisiana Elite Advocacy Force (LEAF), FosterClub, and the federal Administration for Children and Families Youth Engagement Team, showing how they empower youth and influence policy.

Provides an overview of key issues facing adoptive families and the value of post-adoption support.

Provides a brief overview of the TBRI® principles of empowering, connecting, and correcting.

Explores TBRI® and its use in post-permanency programs, the benefits of TBRI®, and key considerations for states, tribal nations and territories considering implementing or expanding this approach. Introduction to the Resource Watch the video below for an overview of the resource or click on the button to access the article directly.