The Wisconsin Family Connections Center works diligently to provide information and resources to not only families, children, and youth but also to child welfare professionals. We continually research and look to locate guides, best practice articles, and other tools that may be beneficial for workers.
First Nations Fostering Materials
- Download a PDF of the First Nations Fostering brochure.
You are welcome to use the images from the First Nations Fostering campaign in your work to announce information sessions, family events, or other important information for families and potential families in your area. Simply right-click on the image below to download the image you would like to use.
Resource Guides
- Subsidized Guardianship Resource for Child Welfare Professionals: A resource for child welfare professionals supporting children, parents, and caregivers through the child welfare system.
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Guide for Providers: No-Cost Training Resources on Kinship/
Grandfamily Mental Health Needs
The resources in this guide contain information useful to staff from a range of professional backgrounds. They are grouped in sections covering broad categories of mental health needs, including articles, podcasts, recorded webinars, and videos. Each resource is presented with a brief description, a link to its web location, and a link to the organization that created or is hosting it. - Introduction to Relative Care: A Resource Guide for Child Welfare Workers (PDF)
- Lean On Me: Support and Minority Outreach for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
This comprehensive guide offers a lot of information and separate sections for African-American, Hispanic, and Native-American families.
Upcoming & Recorded Training
Professional Development Webinars from the Coalition for Children, Youth & Families
Looking for even more training? The Coalition for Children, Youth & Families’ Champion Classrooms platform offers additional recorded sessions for child welfare professionals.
- Browse Recordings
- Upcoming Webinars
- The Power of Partnership: Prioritizing Lived Experience in Child Welfare, Wednesday, September 16
Additional Training Opportunities
Introduction to Foster Care Coordination
The Introduction to Foster Care Coordination / Licensing web-based training focuses on the role of licensing and building learners’ knowledge of DCF 56 Administrative Code. In the five modules of this training, you will delve into DCF 56 to find answers to questions about your responsibilities, licensing, and caring for foster children. This training also fulfills your Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard (RPPS) training requirements.
