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title: "How can child protection agencies collaborate to prevent foster care and support family well-being?"
description: "This brief includes a summary of the key strategies and lessons learned by stakeholders across five jurisdictions (California, Kentucky, New Jersey, Ohio, and Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community). Together, they illustrate how child protection agencies and their partners are working…"
url: "https://bridges4mentalhealth.org/hub/collaboration-between-systems-coordination-of-services/how-can-child-protection-agencies-collaborate-to-prevent-foster-care-and-support-family-well-being/"
updated: "2026-07-31"
category: Collaboration Between Systems and Coordination of Services
tags:
  - Audience
  - Child welfare professionals
  - Report
  - TA sites
---

# How can child protection agencies collaborate to prevent foster care and support family well-being?

This brief includes a summary of the key strategies and lessons learned by stakeholders across
 five jurisdictions (California, Kentucky, New Jersey, Ohio, and Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community). Together, they illustrate how child protection agencies and their partners
 are working to develop comprehensive systems that meet families’ needs, prevent foster care
 placement, and support community health and well-being.

 

These State profiles can provide TA sites with ideas as they build cross-system collaboration in their State.

 

[Read More](https://www.casey.org/media/24.07-QFF-TS-prevention-collaborations_final.pdf?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery)

 

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