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Offers four strategies from ninth grade students about how to design programs that will appeal to youth and encourage engagement. Includes strategies such as diversifying program activities to engage different types of learners and creating environments that are inclusive and judgment-free.

Provides an overview of key issues and strategies for residential leaders regarding how to engage and support families formed through adoption, who have a child in residential. The content of this document was developed based on a literature review, as well as consultations and interviews with adoption experts, practitioners, residential leaders, parent advocates, adoptive parents with residential experience, and youth who have been adopted. The purpose of the document is to raise awareness regarding the unique needs and concerns of families formed by adoption whose children are using residential interventions, and to promote tips and strategies for enhancing the responsiveness [...]

Provides an overview of six guiding principles for sites working to improve adoption and guardianship preservation and support.

Helps administrators and other leaders assess and improve the services offered to foster, adoptive, and kinship families. Offers a tool to bring stakeholders together for an assessment of services’ quality and accessibility, identify gaps and areas for improvement, and create and action plan based on the results. Includes the assessment tool and a companion guide.

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. A training certificate is available.

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 that the Supporting America’s Children and Families Act (H.R. 9076)—signed in January 2025—updates federal child welfare and child support programs. It extends funding through 2029, increases resources for states and tribes, expands services for families and older youth, and adds new requirements aimed at preventing family separation and improving mental‑health support. It also gives tribal child support agencies access to federal tax information, aligning them with state programs.

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. Supporting Families Experiencing Aggression Toward Families/Caregivers in Childhood and Adolescence (AFCCA) 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.