Updates From the Children's Bureau's Training and Technical Assistance Partners

The Children's Bureau funds several technical assistance centers to provide professionals with tools to better serve children, youth, and families.

The following are some of the latest resources from the Children's Bureau's technical assistance partners: 

• Child Welfare Information Gateway
  • Supporting LGBTQ+ Youth: A Guide for Foster Parents
  • Working With LGBTQ+ Families in Foster Care and Adoption
  • Frequently Asked Questions From LGBTQ+ Prospective Foster and Adoptive Parents

• FRIENDS National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention  
  • Historical Trauma Among African Americans, Radical Healing, and Resilience [Podcast series]
  • "Pre-Conference Session: CBCAP 101" [Webinar]
  • "Pre-Conference Session: American Rescue Plan Act: A Discussion on Supplemental CBCAP Funding and Office of Grants Management Updates" [Webinar]

• Child Welfare Capacity Building Collaborative (CBC)
  • CBC for States
    • Menu for Youth Engagement [Webpage]
  • CBC for Tribes
    • "Making the Most of Your Data: Information Interpretation" [Webinar]
    • Honoring Life, Preventing Loss: Building Capacity Around Suicide Prevention in Tribal Child Welfare Programs
    • Tools From Tribes: Homestudy Guide

• Children's Bureau Learning & Coordination Center (CBLCC)
  • "Race Equity Within Our Prevention Work" [Webinar]
  • "Partnering to Address Childhood ACES" [Webinar]
  • "Asking for Help Is a Sign of Strength: Changing Social Norms About Help Seeking" [Webinar] 

• AdoptUSKids
  • "Going to the Extreme to Find Children's Families"
  • "Why Should Leaders Assess Their Family Support Services?"
  • "'I Want Other Kids to Know the Things I Learned Over Time'"

• National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN)
  •  Summer Training Webinar Series

• National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (NCWWI) 
  • Building a Resilient Workforce to Address Trauma and Enhance Well-Being [Webinar series]
  • "Supporting Transition to Work as a Child Welfare Retention Strategy" [Infographic]

• Quality Improvement Center for Workforce Development (QIC-WD)
  • "Data Quality" [Video]
  • "The Importance of Communication When Implementing Workforce Changes" [Video]
  • "How Does Organizational Culture and Climate Impact the Child Welfare Workforce?" [Video]

• Quality Improvement Center on Tailored Services, Placement Stability, and Permanency for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Two-Spirit Children and Youth in Foster Care (QIC-LGBTQ2S)
  • All Children-All Families: Training Curriculum

• Quality Improvement Center for Adoption and Guardian Support and Preservation (QIC-AG)
  • "Assessing Systems to Better Support Adoption and Guardianship Families" [Webinar]

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