Agencies

These are resources that might be helpful if you work directly with youth through a government agency or non-goverment organization.

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Communicate About COVID-19
​How to host a virtual town hall?​
​How to communicate with older foster youth via text?​
​How to effectively conduct community outreach virtually?​
Support Youth
​How to temporarily stop youth from aging out of care? ​
​How to ensure youth have technology devices? ​
​How to help decide how a youth returns to school?​
​How to serve pregnant and parenting youth?​
​How to support youth experiencing homelessness? ​
​How to treat cases that overlap foster care and juvenile justice? ​
​How to limit the impact of COVID-19 for justice involved youth? ​
​Are there resources to support tribal communities?​
Support Your Workers
​Can social workers maintain their licenses during COVID-19?​
​How to ensure worker safety during in-person interactions with families?​
​How to provide childcare to social workers? ​
​How to purchase of technology and personal protective equipment? ​
​How to help group homes and agencies get PPE for their staff?​
​What resources do workers have to invest in self-care?​
Support Foster Families and Licensing
​How should foster parents prepare if they contract COVID-19 with foster youth in their care? 
​How to license homes while social distancing?​
​How to move foster parent orientation and training online? ​
​How to temporarily license relatives/kin or foster parents during COVID-19? ​
​How to ensure fingerprinting doesn't stop your work? ​
​How to use FMAP to supplement foster parent rates?​
Alter Procedures Previously Done In-Person
​How to conduct visitation by phone or video?​
​How to use technology and maintain privacy during virtual visitations?​
​How to safely reopen in-person visitation?​
​How to conduct investigations?​
​What to do about court hearings?​
​How to design a trauma-informed quarantine or medical isolation program?​
Comply with Requirements
​What guidance is there from accrediting bodies on congregate care staffing? ​
​What are the current Title IV-E claiming procedures and eligibility reviews?​
​Are timeline extensions for federal dollars possible?​
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Grievances

Communicate About COVID-19

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