This webpage includes cultural competence, cultural humility, and responsiveness resources to help agencies, their professionals, and families better understand and communicate effectively with individuals across various cultures.
Cultural Competence
Cultural Competency in Child Welfare Practice: A Bridge Worth Building
Bridging Refugee Youth and Children’s Services
Provides tools to address diversity and cultural competence, including practice considerations for refugee and immigrant populations.
The Importance of Cultural Competence
Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children (2018)
Discusses how cultural competence can allow child welfare professionals to be more effective with the various and diverse parties in cases.
Moving Toward Cultural Competence: Key Considerations to Explore (PDF - 227 KB)
National Resource Center for Diligent Recruitment (2014)
Provides a basic framework to increase competence in working cross-culturally. It presents questions and considerations to help readers think about ways to increase their understanding and ability to work effectively and respectively with other cultures.
Cultural Responsiveness
Culturally Responsive Child Welfare Practice
LaLiberte, Crudo, & Skallet (2015)
CW360, Winter
Focuses on culturally responsive practice with American Indian, African-American, and other families.
Culturally Responsive Child Welfare Practice
National Child Welfare Workforce Institute
Lists resources that support child welfare staff and leaders as they confront implicit bias, implement system changes, and work to achieve racial equity within their organizations and across systems.
Developing Culturally Responsive Approaches to Serving Diverse Populations: A Resource Guide for Community-Based Organizations (PDF - 5,663 KB)
López, Hofer, Bumgarner, & Taylor (2017)
National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families
Provides ways to help community-based organizations recognize and serve the needs of diverse populations.
Cultural Humility
Cultural Humility Practice Principles (PDF - 175 KB)
National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (2019)
Explains the process and principles of improving self-awareness to result in better interactions with diverse populations.