Ongoing supports for children and their foster, adoptive, and kinship families can provide increased stability and well-being. Unfortunately, many families may not know about available support services or may be reluctant to access them. This AdoptUSKids resource offers ten strategies that agencies can adopt to inform families about support services. It is particularly important to make sure families are both aware of services and understand that needing support is common, so they are willing and able to reach out early when challenges are typically easier to resolve.

The Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.) offers a training institute consisting of an array of evidence-based, trauma-informed, and accredited programs. The training programs include both free and fee-based trainings, web-based and instructor-led programs, virtual and in-person options, and a range of topics to meet the training needs of professionals supporting children and their adoptive, foster, and kinship families.

MDRC will host a webinar on December 10, 2025 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. ET for program administrators, program staff, and data teams working in programs who want to spark improvement ideas based on the science of how people actually make decisions. Participants will leave the webinar with practices that can be applied to their programs immediately. Following the webinar, MDRC will host an optional 30-minute peer learning session for participants to reflect on and share ideas with colleagues with similar interests.