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You have found the “go-to” repository of knowledge, best practices, models of intervention, and evidence-informed services to build the capacity of States, Tribes, territories, child welfare, and mental health professionals to offer comprehensive adoption competent mental health services. This hub is dynamic and will be regularly updated to align with your informational needs.

Access to Mental Health Services

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FACT SHEET: President Biden to Announce Strategy to Address Our National Mental Health Crisis, As Part of Unity Agenda in his First State of the Union
Many States Face Shortage of Mental Health Providers
Overview of the Behavioral Health System in the United States
Medicaid

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Child Welfare Mental Health Competence

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A Systematic Review of the Impact of Placement Instability on Emotional and Behavioral Outcomes Among Children in Foster Care
ACEs: Adverse Childhood Experiences
Addressing LGBTQ+ Adoption Stigmas
Adoption and Therapeutic Help
Adoption Competency: A Brief Introduction
Adoption Competent Mental Health Professionals: An Overview
Behavioral Health Services Outcomes That Matter Most to Caregivers of Children, Youth, and Young Adults with Mental Health Needs
Building an Adoption Competent Workforce
Building Partnerships: Conversations with Native Americans about Mental Health Needs and Community Strengths
Child Welfare Trauma Training Toolkit
Counseling for Adopted Adults and Children
Directory of Therapies
Effects of Training for Adoption Competency on the Quality and Effectiveness of Treatment with Adoptive Families
Emotional Wellness Checklist
Exploring Medication for Adopted Children
Family preservation services for adoptive and guardianship families
Finding and Working With Adoption-Competent Therapists
Getting on the Right PATH: Promoting Attachment and Trauma Healing
Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Traumatic Events
Helping Children and Youth Thrive During and After Natural Disasters: Toolkits for Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Agencies
Helping Children Form Attachments
How do we start preventing adoption and guardianship disruption?
How Tribal Placements Benefit Native Children placed in Foster Care
Learn More About Trauma
LET’S TALK ABOUT RACE: Racial Identity Development
Mental and Behavioral Health Needs of Children in Foster Care
Mental Health Training Tipsheets
New research stresses positive aspects of race and culture in developing policy for youth
NTDC Classroom: Separation, Grief and Loss
NTI Child Welfare Professionals’ Competencies
NTI Mental Health Professionals’ Core Competencies
Positive Identity Formation and Community Connectedness for Children and Youth in Transracial Placements
Practicing Adoption Competence by Examining the Impact of Race, Culture, and Diversity
Promoting Racial and Cultural Pride in Teens
Protecting Youth Mental Health: The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory
Separation, Grief, and Loss
Steps Toward Change: Replacing Trauma Bonds with Healing Relationships
Supervisor Coaching and Activity Guide for Mental Health Professionals
The Case for Adoption Competency
The Hierarchy of Racial and Cultural Needs of Transracial Adoptees and Fosterees
The Impact of Adoption
The Importance of Adoption Competent Services
The Importance of Birth Parent and Foster Caregiver Partnerships
Tip Sheet on Responding to Youth and Young Adult Mental Health Needs
Tip Sheet on Responding to Youth and Young Adult Mental Health Needs-Division X
Trauma
Twenty Ideas for Keeping Connections to Racial and Cultural Identity
Understanding Trauma and Healing in Adults
Understanding Trauma-Informed Care to Build Parent Resilience
Why Child Welfare Professionals Need NTI Training
Why NTI Training is Important for Mental Health Professionals
Young People and Families Share Insights to Mental Health Professionals
Your Guide to Behavioral Health
Youth Mental Health and Well-being in Faith and Community Settings: Practicing Connectedness

Children and Youth Resources

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An Interactive Video for Supporting Your Friends with A.S.K.
Project READY: Reimagining Equity & Access for Diverse Youth
Resources for Children
Self Care
Take Control of Your Mental Health
The Impact of Adoption
Your Voice is Your Power podcast
Your Voice is Your Power Resource Hub
Youth and Young Adult Resources

Collaboration Between Systems and Coordination of Services

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Access in Brief: Behavioral Health Services for Youth in Foster Care
Caregiver-relevant perspectives from a multi-stakeholder collaborative advisory board on adapting a child mental health intervention to be delivered in child-welfare settings
Child and Family Service Reviews: A Factsheet for Mental Health Professionals
Collaborating Between Child Welfare and Mental Health
Implementation and Mental Health Outcomes of a Service Cascade Linking Child Welfare and Children’s Mental Health: A Case Study of the Gateway CALL Demonstration
Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Child Welfare
Mental Health and Cross-System Collaboration
National Care Coordination Standards for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
Partnering for Success: Factors Impacting Implementation of a Cross-Systems Collaborative model Between Behavioral Health and Child Welfare
Perceptions among child welfare staff when modifying a child mental health intervention to be implemented in child welfare services
Points for Parents: Considering Residential Care
Research-Practice Partnerships for Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices in Child Welfare and Child Mental Health: A White Paper
School-Based Mental Health Professionals Training
Specifying cross-system collaboration strategies for implementation: a multi-site qualitative study with child welfare and behavioral health organizations
The Value of NTI for Child Welfare and Mental Health System Collaboration
What Is Child Welfare? A Guide for Behavioral and Mental Health Professionals
What Is Child Welfare? A Guide for Health-Care Professionals

Crisis Response and Suicide Prevention

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A population-based examination of suicide and child protection system involvement
Adolescent social networks matter for suicidal trajectories: Disparities across race/ethnicity, sex, sexual identity, and socioeconomic status
Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ) Toolkit
BUILDING CAPACITY AROUND SUICIDE PREVENTION IN TRIBAL CHILD WELFARE PROGRAMS
Comparison of suicidal ideation, suicide attempt and suicide in children and young people in care and non-care populations: Systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence
Comparison of suicidal ideation, suicide attempt and suicide in children and young people in care and non-care populations: Systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence
Health Services Use by Children in the Welfare System Who Died by Suicide
Preventing Suicidal Behavior Among Youth in Foster Care
Preventing Suicidal Behavior Among Youth in Foster Care
Screening and Assessment of Suicidal Behavior in Transition-Age Youth with Foster Care Involvement
Screening and Assessment of Suicidal Behavior in Transition-Age Youth with Foster Care Involvement
Suicidal Ideation
Suicidality and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury: A Narrative Review of Measurement, Risk, and Disparities among Minoritized and System-Involved Youth in the USA
Suicide in Foster Care: A High-Priority Safety Concern
Suicide Prevention Resource Center-Foster Care

Data

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Adoption by the Numbers
Behavioral Health Initiatives by State
Child and Family Service Review (CFSR) Information Portal
Child Welfare and Foster Care Statistics
Child Welfare Data and Research
Child Welfare Financing Survey
Child Welfare Outcomes Data Site
Expenditure Data
Health Workforce Shortage Areas
Kids Count Data Book
Kinship Care
SAMHSA Grant Information
State-by-State Children in Foster Care Data
State-by-State Foster Care Data
The State of Mental Health in America

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Equity

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Exploring the Relationship Between Sense of Coherence and Historical Trauma Among American Indian Youth
Achieving Equity in Child and Adolescent Mental Health by Addressing Racism Through Prevention Science
Addressing Disproportionality, Disparity, and Equity Throughout Child Welfare
Addressing Historical Trauma and Preparing the Child Welfare Workforce
Addressing LGBTQ+ Adoption Stigmas
Developing Culturally Competent Adoption Services
Disproportionality Rates for Children of Color in Foster Care Dashboard
Ensuring Safety and Equity for LGBTQIA+ Youth
Family Acceptance Project
Focusing on Race Equity Throughout Change and Implementation
Frequently Asked Questions from LGBTQ+ Prospective Foster and Adoptive Parents
Guidance for the Placement of Transgender, Non-Binary, and Gender Expansive Youth in Congregate Care
Health Equity in Focus: Mental and Behavioral Health Data Brief
Investing in Equity: Sustaining Hope for Children and Families
Parenting in Racially, Culturally, and Ethnically Diverse Adoptive Families
Prioritizing Minority Mental Health
Supporting Transgender and Gender Expansive Youth
The Multiethnic Placement Act 25 Years Later
The Trevor Project | For Young LGBTQ Lives

Funding

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Flexible Funds for Concrete Supports to Families as a Child Welfare Prevention Strategy
How are Child Welfare Systems Using Flexible Funds to Support Families and Prevent the Need for Foster Care?

Kinship Care

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Kinship Care and Child Welfare System
Kinship Caregivers Guide: How to Support Older Youth with Foster Care Experience through Co-Regulation
Living and Working with Kin: A Real Life Experience
Training Series: Coping with the Unique Challenges of Kinship Care

Parenting Resources

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ADHD vs Trauma in Foster Children
Adoption and Foster Care Resources for LGBTQ+ Parents
Attachment
Behavioral Health: What Parents Should Know
Building Children’s Resilience
Building Relationships Filled with Hope
Building Trust with Children and Youth
Developmental Disruptions
Expanding Your Parenting Paradigm
Family Peer Support Specialist Resources
Finding and Working With Adoption-Competent Therapists
Get Results with Better Conversation
Helping Your Adopted Children Maintain Important Relationships with Family
Helping Your Child Transition from Foster Care to Adoption
How to Honor Your Child’s Birth Family
Parenting Children and Youth Who Have Experienced Abuse or Neglect
Parenting in Racially, Culturally, and Ethnically Diverse Adoptive Families
Parenting Your Adopted Preschooler
Parenting Your Adopted School-Age Child
Parenting Your Adopted Teenager
Relationship-Focused Discipline
Reunification from Foster Care: A Guide for Parents
Talking About Mental Health: Tips For Parents and Caregivers From Young People
The Impact of Social Media on Children
Trauma Informed Parenting-Sequential Engagement

Peer Support

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Helping a Friend: The Power of Asking and Listening
Peer Support
Peer support matters: Strategies to incorporate and elevate those with lived experience
Peer Support Services Technical Assistance Center
Providing Peer Support for Foster, Adoptive, and Kinship Families
Youth and Young Adult Peer Support Expanding Community-Driven Mental Health Resources

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Technical Assistance

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Evidence-Based Policymaking and Advocacy
Four Phases of Technical Assistance
Invest Time and Trust in The National Center
Mental Health and Foster Care
National Organizations

Tribal Communities

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A Positive Youth Development Perspective on Mental Distress among American Indian/Alaska Native Youth
A Village Apart: Lummi Nation Creates a Unique Community to Support Families
Addressing Mental Health Among Children, Staff and Families in Tribal Early Childhood – Tribal Early Childhood Development Webinar Series
Bureau of Indian Education Behavioral Health and Wellness Program
Children’s Behavioral Health – Promising Practices in Tribal Communities
Circle of Courage
Contemporary Attachment and Bonding Research: Implications for American Indian/Alaska Native Children and their Service Providers
Creating a New Narrative: Collaborative and Effective Evaluation in Tribal Communities
Cultural Connectedness and Indigenous Youth Well-Being
Culture Protects Us
Disproportionality in Child Welfare
Engaging and Supporting Native Fathers Resource List
Guidance for Policy Language: Kinship Services in Tribal Child Welfare – Toolkit Part 2
Indigenous Mental Health
Mental Health Considerations
Mental Health Resources for American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
Native American Children’s Health and Well-Being Current Status, Enduring Inequities and a Path Forward
Our Culture Makes Us Stronger
Policy Issues Overview Part 1: Kinship Services in Tribal Child Welfare
Putting First Children 1st
State of American Indian and Alaska Native Children and Families Report
The Culture Is Prevention Project: Measuring Culture as a Social Determinant of Mental Health For Native/Indigenous Peoples
The Value of NTI for Tribes
Trauma Informed Parenting
Tribal Best Practices for Family Engagement
Tribal Communities and Family Resilience Today

Youth and Family Engagement

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A Tool for Youth Engagement and Youth Empowerment
Building and Sustaining Effective Parent Partnerships: Stages of Relationship Development
Community Outreach and Engagement: Toolkit for Mental Health-Serving Agencies
Continuum of Family Partnership: What Does it Look Like in Residential Care?
Engaging Young People With Lived Experience in the CFSRs: Key Considerations, Roles, and Recommendations
Family Empowerment Implementation Manual
Family Engagement: Partnering With Families to Improve Child Welfare Outcomes
Family-Driven Resources
Improving the Wellbeing of Youth in Foster Care 
Improving Youth Engagement and Access to Mental Health Services 
Parenting Engagement in Foster Care Placement Stability and Permanency
Partnering With Families to Improve Child Welfare Outcomes
The Potential for Co-Creation in Implementation Science
Tribal Leadership Series: Youth Engagement

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Access in Brief: Behavioral Health Services for Youth in Foster Care
Addressing Disproportionality, Disparity, and Equity Throughout Child Welfare
Adoption by the Numbers
Adoption Competency: A Brief Introduction
Behavioral Health Initiatives by State
Building an Adoption Competent Workforce
Child and Family Service Review (CFSR) Information Portal
Child and Family Service Reviews: A Factsheet for Mental Health Professionals
Child Welfare and Foster Care Statistics
Child Welfare Data and Research
Child Welfare Financing Survey
Child Welfare Outcomes Data Site
Community Outreach and Engagement: Toolkit for Mental Health-Serving Agencies
Creating a New Narrative: Collaborative and Effective Evaluation in Tribal Communities
Disproportionality Rates for Children of Color in Foster Care Dashboard
Effects of Training for Adoption Competency on the Quality and Effectiveness of Treatment with Adoptive Families
Engaging Young People With Lived Experience in the CFSRs: Key Considerations, Roles, and Recommendations
Evidence-Based Policymaking and Advocacy
Expenditure Data
Flexible Funds for Concrete Supports to Families as a Child Welfare Prevention Strategy
Focusing on Race Equity Throughout Change and Implementation
Four Phases of Technical Assistance
Health Equity in Focus: Mental and Behavioral Health Data Brief
How are Child Welfare Systems Using Flexible Funds to Support Families and Prevent the Need for Foster Care?
How State Medicaid Programs Serve Children and Youth in Foster Care
Invest Time and Trust in The National Center
Investing in Equity: Sustaining Hope for Children and Families
Kids Count Data Book
Kinship Care
Many States Face Shortage of Mental Health Providers
Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission
Medicaid Behavioral Health Care Use Among Children in Foster Care
Medicaid Spending by Child Welfare Agencies in SFY 2020
National Care Coordination Standards for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
National Organizations
NTI Child Welfare Professionals’ Competencies
NTI Mental Health Professionals’ Core Competencies
Prioritizing Minority Mental Health
SAMHSA Grant Information
School-Based Mental Health Professionals Training
Specifying cross-system collaboration strategies for implementation: a multi-site qualitative study with child welfare and behavioral health organizations
State of American Indian and Alaska Native Children and Families Report
State-by-State Children in Foster Care Data
State-by-State Foster Care Data
The State of Mental Health in America
What Is Child Welfare? A Guide for Behavioral and Mental Health Professionals
Why Child Welfare Professionals Need NTI Training

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