Birth-Foster Family Connections
Practices for birth parents and foster parents (kin or non-kin) to work as a team toward reunification
Dear Leaders
Resource as starting point for leaders in child welfare to bring family voice and power to the system
All Children, All Families (ACAF)
Best practice toolkit promoting LGBTQ+ inclusive policies and affirming practices for child welfare agencies
Four Questions, Seven Judges
Seven-judge pilot project in Iowa reduces number of child removals by asking social workers a series of four questions before approving a request to remove a child
Blind Removals
A committee-based approach to placement which omits race-identifying information such as names and home addresses when making determinations about removal
Practices for humanizing Black lives
Practice recommendations from the proposed Minnesota African American Family Preservation Act (AAFPA)
Child Safety Conferences (CSC) to avoid child removal
Timely, strengths-based team meetings facilitated by a neutral party, to develop collaborative solutions among families, their network of support, and DHS, to avoid child removal
Mother’s Magnolia Trust guaranteed monthly income
One year of guaranteed income at $1,000 a month, no strings attached, for Black mothers living in federally subsidized housing
Parent Cafés
Structured, small group conversations facilitate transformation and healing within families, build community, develop peer-to-peer relationships, and engage parents as partners in the programs that serve them