Improving family preservation services for adoptive families
Six strategies, suggestions for evaluating your efforts, and examples of successful programs from the field.
AdoptUSKids
AdoptUSKids authors include experts in child welfare, communications, evaluation, and/or technology from across the United States. Together, they drive the AdoptUSKids project, as it supports foster and adoptive families, raises awareness about the nationwide need for more of these families, and provides resources to child welfare systems and professionals.
Evaluating new approaches to working with families
Collecting and analyzing data about your service changes now and how they affect families’ experiences can equip you with valuable information for making program decisions in the future.
Engaging youth in writing their narratives
Presenters share strategies to help you engage youth in creating effective, strengths-based profiles.
Looking for NRCDR resources? You’re in the right place!
The NRCDR project ended in 2017, but you can find the rich array of tools, tip sheets, and webinars they created right here.
Partnering with organizations to recruit families
A foster care placement, recruitment, and training supervisor in Nevada talks about how partnerships help their county recruit foster families and match teens at risk of aging out with mentors.
How to create a culture that values foster parents’ role in permanency
This advanced-level webinar helps you create an agency culture that empowers foster parents to play an active role in helping achieve permanency for children and youth in foster care.