National Adoption Month

Read a tip sheet for child welfare professionals that includes strategies for facilitating and maintaining cultural connections for children and youth in foster care.

Find resources to support States, Tribes, and Territories as they develop and sustain comprehensive, culturally responsive, and accessible post-permanency services.

Explore how child welfare agencies connect with families after adoption and guardianship, including through State-initiated contact and parent- or youth-initiated contacts. 

Read a guide on holding discussions about "first family" relationships. The term “first family” can include the family of origin and any important person whom the child considers family.

View a webinar on the importance of considering race and culture when making adoption permanency decisions and a discussion on structural racism and its effects on the child welfare system.

Learn about a technique used by child welfare professionals to help children identify the important people they are connected to in their lives and understand why those connections matter.