Current Articles

Engaging, empowering, and utilizing family and youth voice in all aspects of child welfare to drive case planning and system improvement.
Publication Date: August 1, 2019
The purpose of this Information Memorandum (IM) is to demonstrate that family and youth voice are critical to a well-functioning child welfare system and to strongly encourage all public child welfare agencies, dependency courts, and Court Improvement Programs to work together to ensure that family and youth voice are central in child welfare program planning and improvement efforts.

NYTD Report to Congress on outcome measures for young people who have aged out of care.

The following are current resources from the Children's Bureau that support the nurturing of children, youth, young adults, the workforce, and families. NYTD In Practice NYTD in Practice publications provide resources to help the NYTD workforce. 

• Tips for Engaging 17-Year-Olds in the NYTD Survey 
• Tips for Using Social Media to Locate and Engage Young People in the NYTD Survey 
• Tips for Using Technology to Locate and Engage 19- and 21-Year-Olds in the NYTD Survey
• Tips for Administering the NYTD Survey
• Tips for Building a Social Media Presence
• Tips for Hiring and Building Rapport With Young People With Lived Experience

We are excited to share that the NYTD Reviewer training videos that were created for the child welfare workforce are now live on the Children’s Bureau website and YouTube. Thank you to all the CWCRT staff and JBS staff who worked on them, and special thanks to each of the NYTD Reviewer actors for their tremendous acting skills and expertise they shared along the way! The videos and actors are listed below: 

• How to Successfully Administer the National Youth in Transition Database Survey in Person, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReJaD4jl_fk&feature=youtu.be 

Actors: David Hall as the Narrator, Elliott Hinkle as the Young Person, and Daniel Woodruff as the NYTD Survey Administrator 

• How to Successfully Administer the National Youth in Transition Database Survey over the Phone, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2224edn6bk 

Actors: Kayla Powell as the NYTD Survey Administrator, Nashawn Lariviere as the Young Person, and David Hall as the Narrator 

• How to Successfully Administer the National Youth in Transition Database Survey Electronically, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2UK_T0pglw  

Actors: Kayla Powell and Elliott Hinkle as Young People and David Hall as the Narrator  

• How You Can Make A Difference, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P61wgfONCHM&feature=youtu.be  

Actors: Daniel Woodruff, Tashia Roberson-Wing, and Tina Jurries as Speakers, and Kaysie Getty as the Narrator 

The purpose of this Information Memorandum (IM) is to provide information on best practices for providing quality programs and services to young people who are preparing to transition out of the foster care system.

Publication Date: January 17, 2025