“But all our phrasing—race relations, racial chasm, racial justice, racial profiling, white privilege, even white supremacy—serves to obscure that racism is a visceral experience, that it dislodges brains, blocks airways, rips muscle, extracts organs, cracks bones, breaks teeth. You must never look away from this.”
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me
Spielfogel, Jill, Candice Talkington, Jenifer Agosti, Amelia Forman, Roseana Bess, and Matthew Stagner (2023). Using a change framework to design systems that effectively engage fathers and paternal relatives and promote racial justice. OPRE Report #2023-105, Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Powell, W., Agosti, J., Bethel, T.H., Chase, S., Clarke, M., Jones, L.F., Lau Johnson, W.F., Noroña, C.R., Stolbach, B.C., & Thompson, E. (2022). Being anti-racist is central to trauma-informed care: Principles of an anti-racist, trauma-informed organization. Los Angeles, CA & Durham, NC: National Center for Child Traumatic Stress.
Agosti, J., Bellamy, J., Burton, L., Graves, A-M., Lau, C., Mahoney, J. (2021). A Breakthrough Series on Engaging Fathers and Paternal Relatives in Child Welfare: A System Response to COVID-19 and Racial Unrest. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research. 2021 12:3, 437-444.
Field Guide for Implementation of a Breakthrough Series Collaborative in Early Care and Education (2021)
Agosti, J., Doyle, S., Douglass, A., & Mendes, L. (2021). Field Guide for Implementation of a Breakthrough Series Collaborative in Early Care and Education. OPRE Report # 2021-210. Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The Pediatric Integrated Care Collaborative Indian Health Service (PICC-IHS) Toolkit (2020)
Agosti, J., Dayton, L. (2020). The Pediatric Integrated Care Collaborative Indian Health Service (PICC-IHS) Toolkit. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
NCTSN Trauma-Informed Organizational Assessment (2019)
Halladay Goldman, J., Purbeck Trunzo, C., and Agosti, J. (2019). NCTSN Trauma-Informed Organizational Assessment. Los Angeles, CA, and Durham, NC: National Center for Child Traumatic Stress.
Culture of Continuous Learning Project: A Literature Review of the Breakthrough Series Collaborative (2018)
Daily, S., Tout, K., Douglass, A., Miranda, B., Halle, T., Agosti, J., Partika, A., & Doyle, S. (2018). Culture of Continuous Learning Project: A literature review of the Breakthrough Series Collaborative (BSC), OPRE Report #2018-28, Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
A Guide for Senior Leadership in Implementation Collaboratives (2017)
Agosti, J., Ake, G., Amaya-Jackson, L., Pane-Seifert, H., Alvord, A., Tise, N., Fixsen, A., & Spencer, J. “Convening to Advance Senior Leadership” Expert Contributors, CCFH, Duke EPIC, NCCTS. (2017). A Guide for Senior Leadership in Implementation Collaboratives. Los Angeles, CA and Durham, NC.
Trauma-Informed Early Care and Education Breakthrough Series Collaborative (2017)
Agosti, J., Douglass, A., Doyle, S., Rivers, S. Trauma-Informed Early Care and Education Breakthrough Series Collaborative: A Toolkit. Boston Public Health Commission, Division of Violence Prevention. Boston, MA. Defending Childhood Initiative (2017).
Trauma-Informed Resilient Child Welfare Agencies: A New England Learning Community (2017)
Agosti, J., Despard D., Medeiros, G., Reilly, S., Springwater, J. Trauma-Informed Resilient Child Welfare Agencies: A New England Learning Community – Summary of the Work. New England Association of Child Welfare Commissioners and Directors and Casey Family Programs. April 2017.
Integrating Mental and Physical Health Services Using a Socio-Emotional Trauma Lens (2016)
Dayton, L., Agosti, J., Bernard-Pearl, D., Earls, M., Farinholt, K., Groves, B., Rains, M., Sarvet, B., Wilcox, H., Wissow, L. “Integrating Mental and Physical Health Services Using a Socio-Emotional Trauma Lens,” Current Problems in Pediatric Adolescent Health Care. 2016 Dec;46(12):391-401.
Practical Steps to Integrate Family Voice in Organization, Policy, Planning, and Decision-Making for Socio-Emotional Trauma-Informed Integrated Pediatric Care (2016)
Dayton, L., Buttress, A., Agosti, J., Aceves, J., Kieschnick, M., Popejoy, A., Robbins, R., Farinholt, K. “Practical Steps to Integrate Family Voice in Organization, Policy, Planning, and Decision-Making for Socio-Emotional Trauma-Informed Integrated Pediatric Care,” Current Problems in Pediatric Adolescent Health Care. 2016 Dec;46(12):402-410.
Agosti, J., MPP, Connors, K., MSW, LCSW-C, Hisle, B., MSW, Kiser, L., PhD, Streider, F., PhD, Thompson, E., PhD. Baltimore: A Trauma and Resilience Informed City for Children and Families – Breakthrough Series Collaborative Final Report. The Baltimore Partnership for Family and Trauma-Informed Care (2016).
Implementation of Treat to Target in Rheumatoid Arthritis through a Learning Collaborative: Rationale and Design of the TRACTION Trial (2016)
Solomon D.H., Lee S.B., Zak A., Corrigan C., Agosti J., Bitton A., Harrold L., Losina E., Lu B., Pincus T., Radner H., Smolen J., Katz J.N., Fraenkel L. Implementation of Treat to Target in Rheumatoid Arthritis through a Learning Collaborative: Rationale and Design of the TRACTION Trial. Seminars Arthritis Rheumatism, 2016 Aug;46(1):81-7
Using Trauma-Informed Child Welfare Practice to Improve Placement Stability Breakthrough Series Collaborative: Promising Practices and Lessons Learned (2014)
Agosti, J., Conradi, L., Halladay-Goldman, J., Langan, H. (January 2014). Using Trauma-Informed Child Welfare Practice to Improve Placement Stability Breakthrough Series Collaborative: Promising Practices and Lessons Learned. National Child Traumatic Stress Network.
Promising Practices and Strategies for Using Trauma-Informed Child Welfare Practice to Improve Foster Care Placement Stability: A Breakthrough Series Collaborative (2012)
Conradi, L., Agosti, J., Tullberg, E., Richardson, L., Langan, H., Ko, S., Wilson, C. (February 2012). Promising Practices and Strategies for Using Trauma-Informed Child Welfare Practice to Improve Foster Care Placement Stability: A Breakthrough Series Collaborative. CWLA Child Welfare Journal (Vol. 89, No. 6). Special Issue: Effectively Addressing the Impact of Child Traumatic Stress in Child Welfare.
California’s Breakthrough Series Collaborative to Transform Independent Living Programs (2011)
Lofts-Jarboe, K., Agosti, J., Luffberry, C. (December 2011). California’s Breakthrough Series Collaborative to Transform Independent Living Programs (ILP). Child and Family Policy Institute of California.
Love and Belonging for a Lifetime, Youth Permanency in Child Welfare (2011)
Protecting Children – A Professional Publication of the American Humane Association. Love and Belonging for a Lifetime, Youth Permanency in Child Welfare (Vol. 26, Number 1, 2011). Content Reviewer for Entire Journal.
Independent Living Program Transformation in California: Lessons Learned about Working with Older Youth and Implications for Permanency (2011)
Lofts-Jarboe, K. and Agosti, J. (2011). Independent Living Program Transformation in California: Lessons Learned about Working with Older Youth and Implications for Permanency. Protecting Children – A Professional Publication of the American Humane Association. (Vol. 26, Number 1, 2011).
California Disproportionality Project Breakthrough Series Collaborative Final Report (2011)
Agosti, J. (August 2011). California Disproportionality Project Breakthrough Series Collaborative Final Report. Child and Family Policy Institute of California.
New England Breakthrough Series Collaborative on Safety and Risk Assessments (2011)
Chan-Brown, K., Agosti, J., Barrows, A., Medeiros, G., Ferreira, R., Sweeney Springwater, J. (June 2011). New England Breakthrough Series Collaborative on Safety and Risk Assessments. A Project between Casey Family Programs and the New England Association of Child Welfare Commissioners and Directors.
Safety and Risk Assessments: Breakthrough Series Collaborative (2009)
Hanson, S., Chan-Brown, K., Dougherty, S., and Agosti, J. (December 2009). Safety and Risk Assessments: Breakthrough Series Collaborative. A Project between Casey Family Programs and the American Humane Association.
Using the Breakthrough Series Collaborative Methodology in the Field of Child Trauma: Final Report (2007)
Agosti, J., Ebert, L., Kisiel C., Amaya-Jackson, L., Markiewicz J., Maze, J. (June 2007). Using the Breakthrough Series Collaborative Methodology in the Field of Child Trauma: Final Report. Los Angeles, CA and Durham, NC: National Center for Child Traumatic Stress.
Massachusetts Breakthrough Series Collaborative on Adolescent Permanency: Promising Practices and Lessons Learned (2007)
Agosti, J. and Morrill, S. (March 2007). Massachusetts Breakthrough Series Collaborative on Adolescent Permanency: Promising Practices and Lessons Learned. Boston, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Department of Social Services.
Breakthrough Series Collaborative – Implementing Differential Response in California: Promising Practices and Lessons Learned (2007)
Lutz., L. and Agosti, J. (February 2007). Breakthrough Series Collaborative – Implementing Differential Response in California: Promising Practices and Lessons Learned. Seattle, Washington: Casey Family Programs.
Breakthrough Series Collaborative – Recruitment and Retention of Resource Families: Promising Practices and Lessons Learned (2005)
Agosti, J. (June 2005). Breakthrough Series Collaborative – Recruitment and Retention of Resource Families: Promising Practices and Lessons Learned. Seattle, Washington: Casey Family Programs.
A Framework for Continuous Quality Improvement (2005)
Watson, P. and Agosti, J. (February 2005). A Framework for Continuous Quality Improvement. National Resource Center for Organizational Improvement.
Partners: Working with the Business Community to Recruit Resource Families (2004)
Agosti, J. (October 2004). “Partners: Working with the Business Community to Recruit Resource Families,” Fostering Families Today.
Quality in Child Welfare Services: A Breakthrough Series Collaborative (2003)
Agosti, J. (December 2003). “Quality in Child Welfare Services: A Breakthrough Series Collaborative,” Common Ground, Vol. XVIII, Number 2.
Partners: Working with the Business Community to Recruit Resource Families (2002)
Agosti, J. (2002). Partners: Working with the Business Community to Recruit Resource Families. Washington, DC: Casey Family Programs.