Resources and tools for county child welfare agencies in New York State to implement the federal Family First Prevention Services Act law.

Use this tool with your jurisdiction's child welfare data to create a simple data dashboard you can use as a management tool. This worksheet is a companion to the Managing with Data recorded session.

In this virtual learning session recording, explore methods for overcoming common barriers that local districts face in managing with data. Participants will learn specific tools and strategies to integrate data into their management to improve responsiveness, increase accountability and better drive toward improved outcomes for children and families in New York's child welfare system.

Use this template to tell the story of your local district’s Family First Readiness effort. Sharing your system-change story with others is an opportunity to communicate your mission, vision and values for children, youth and families both inside and outside the agency.

Use this slideshow to follow along with the webinar recording for Part Two of the Protecting Your Child Welfare Budget During COVID-19 Reductions virtual learning series. Use this slide deck together with the webinar video and the two workbooks.

Use this workbook to review your county's non-IV-E cases, analyze potential reasons for low IV-E capture and identify needed process changes to increase reimbursement. Use this workbook together with the tutorial video and the slideshow template from Defending Your Child Welfare Budget: Part II, Making Cuts.

Use this workbook to determine potential savings from reductions in foster care for your own county. Use this workbook together with the tutorial video and the slideshow template from Defending Your Child Welfare Budget: Part II, Making Cuts.

In this video, Jim Czarniak walks staff of New York counties through considerations and strategies that can be used to minimize the negative impact of budget cuts on outcomes for children and families. This workshop is accompanied with several tools and a slideshow, which can also be downloaded from this resource list.

This video is a recording of the virtual learning session entitled, "Beyond the Picnic: Peer Supports for Foster Parents." In this session, participants learned about best practices in providing peer support to foster parents to improve retention and other positive outcomes and heard from Dutchess County LDSS and Fostering Hope Together about their partnership to support foster parents in their district.

This completed workbook from Onondaga is an example to help you complete the workbook for your own county.

Use this slideshow template to customize for your own county. Use this template together with the tutorial video and the workbook.