A new federal center has been launched to help agencies and staff develop, implement, and sustain post-permanency services that are comprehensive, culturally responsive, and accessible.
Founded last fall, the National Center for Enhanced Post-Adoption Support offers a variety of services, including a resource library, webinars, trainings, technical assistance, events, and more. Read more below and at the Center’s website to learn about the specific benefits and services you can access to inform your efforts to support adoptive and guardianship families.
Resource library
The Center’s resource library, accessible here, already has hundreds of highly curated articles, webinars, videos, curricula, and other resources to help child welfare professionals enhance their post-permanency support services. New resources will be added regularly.
Resources are organized by such topics as:
- outreach and family engagement
- post-permanency programming
- serving diverse adoptive and guardianship families
- workforce development
- evaluation of post-permanency services
Webinars, Center chats, and peer groups
Through the Post-Adoption Center, child welfare professionals have access to chats, trainings, webinars, and other events designed to inform their approach to post-permanency services. Upcoming options are listed on an event calendar, accessible here. Past events have covered such topics as mental health needs of teens, preparation training for adoption and guardianship, and when to share parenting in kinship families who have adopted or obtained guardianship.
Additionally, child welfare professionals can gather virtually to share information about specific topics of interest in peer group discussions. You can learn more on the Center’s peer group page about future conversations.
On-site technical assistance
The Post-Adoption Center is also providing on-site technical assistance to states, tribal nations, and territories to ensure they have a comprehensive, post-permanency continuum for children, youth, and families who need more intensive support. Services provided through these partnerships include a comprehensive assessment of the existing post-permanency program, an action plan to enhance the continuum of services, and support with implementing the plan. You can learn more on the Center’s technical assistance page.
Stay in touch with the National Center for Enhanced Post-Adoption Support by joining the Post-Adoption Center’s email list.
