Several partners were instrumental in making this report possible. The Minnesota Child Welfare System Planning Grant number 107328 provided funding to the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW) for the deliverables outlined within this report. The generous funding and partnership of the Department of Human Services made this work possible. CASCW gratefully acknowledges the significant time and energy of national partners who shared wisdom and experiences related to professional development of child welfare workers including the staff of the Pennsylvania Child Welfare Resource Center, in particular Helen Cahalane; the staff of the Colorado Child Welfare Training System, in particular Kasey Matz, the National Child Welfare Workforce Institute, in particular Sharon Kollar; as well as Theresa Tanoury. In addition to national partners, Nicole Names, Director of Pope County Human Services, was also instrumental in the development of content for this report.