Training and Technical Assistance Updates

We feature a webinar from the National Child Welfare Workforce Institute on the importance of leveraging key partnerships when building staff resilience and a listing of some of the latest resources from the Children's Bureau's training and technical assistance partners.

• Leveraging Key Partnerships to Build a Resilient Workforce
• Updates From the Children's Bureau's Training and Technical Assistance Partners

Child Welfare Research

We highlight the State of Babies Yearbook, which gives an indepth look at the story of babies in America though a lens of equity, and a study that investigated whether young adults who have experienced foster care are more likely to stop out of a 4-year university than their peers with no foster care experience.

• State of Babies Yearbook 2021

• Foster Care Alumni Are More Likely to Stop Out of College Than Their Low-Income Peers

Strategies and Tools for Practice

This section of CBX offers publications, articles, reports, toolkits, and other resources that provide either evidence-based strategies or other concrete help to child welfare and related professionals.

• Resource Provides State, National Data on Child Welfare Statistics
• Bringing Equity to Implementation

• Supporting Caregivers Through Kinship Navigator Programs

Resources

This section of CBX provides a quick list of interesting resources, such as websites, videos, journals, funding or scholarship opportunities, or other materials that can be used in the field or with families.

• Center on the Developing Child Releases Guide to Toxic Stress
• Grandfamilies: Strengths and Challenges

Training and Conferences

• All Children – All Families Provides Training for Professionals Who Work With LGBTQ Children, Youth, and Families
• Conferences