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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.

Discusses ways that professionals outside of child protective services can act to support children and their caregivers and connect them with appropriate resources that may mitigate any risks for harm during crisis situations. This article is organized by five protective factors that build on family strengths to foster child and youth well-being and development. Each section contains questions that professionals can address with parents/caregivers with children/youth in the course of their work with families.

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.

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 [...]