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The Child Welfare Information Gateway podcast series, produced on behalf of the Children's Bureau, presents a series of interviews and group conversations intended to provide beneficial information for busy child welfare and social work professionals. The podcasts cover a wide range of topics and provide perspectives from communities served by child welfare agencies along with tips and stories from professionals about implementing new services and programs, working across agencies, and improving practice.

Episodes of potential interest to CASA volunteers may include:

• Episode 75: Away From Home - Sharing the Impacts of Institutional Care


• Episode 70: Preventing Placement Disruptions


• Episode 67: Aging Out – Healing, Preparing, and Supporting Youth in Foster Care, Part 2


• Episode 66: Aging Out – Healing, Preparing, and Supporting Youth in Foster Care, Part 1


• Episode 54: Supporting Parenting and Expectant Teens in Foster Care


• Episode 41: Birth-Foster Parent Mentoring Teams


• Episode 13: Collaborating Between Child Welfare and Mental Health


• Episode 4: Secondary Traumatic Stress


• Episode 1: Engaging Youth in Foster Care

Additional episodes can be found on the podcast website or wherever you get your podcasts. If an episode is not listed on the KCN's website and you are completing the KCN's documentation form, select 'Other' and enter the name of the episode.