Publications

Agosti, J. and Spielfogel, J. (2025).

Using the Breakthrough Series Collaborative Methodology to Support Transformation in Child Welfare Systems

Child Welfare, Volume 102, Issue 4, published by CWLA (Child Welfare League of America). 2025.

Cifuentes, Y., Agosti, J., Thompson, E. & Dunn, B. (2025).

Becoming a Trauma-Informed, Anti-Racist Organization: Lessons Learned and Promising Approaches from the Clifford Beers Learning Collaborative

New Haven, CT: Clifford Beers Community Care Center.

Kisiel, C., Guarnaccia, U., Pinkerton, L., Garibaldi, P., & Agosti, J. (2024).

Empowering transition age youth through trauma-informed, strengths-based, youth-centered, and anti-racist practices: Implementation of a virtual breakthrough series collaborative.

Children and Youth Services Review, 107682.

Spielfogel, J., Talkington C., Agosti, J., Forman, A., Bess, R., and Stagner, M. (2023).

Toolkit for Building System Capacity to Engage Fathers and Paternal Relatives in Child Welfare

OPRE Report #2023-189, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Spielfogel, J., Talkington C., Agosti, J., Forman, A., Bess, R., and Stagner, M. (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.

Agosti, J, Purbeck Trunzo, C., and Halladay Goldman, J. (2021).

NCTSN Trauma-Informed Organizational Assessment: Implementation Guide for Team Leaders.

Los Angeles, CA, and Durham, NC: National Center for Child Traumatic Stress.

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.

Agosti, J., Dayton, L. (2020).

The Pediatric Integrated Care Collaborative Indian Health Service (PICC-IHS) Toolkit.

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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.

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.

Agosti, J., Ake, G., Amaya-Jackson, L., Pane-Seifert, H., Alvord, A., Tise, N., Fixsen, A., & Spencer, J. (2017)

Convening to Advance Senior Leadership" Expert Contributors, CCFH, Duke EPIC, NCCTS.

A Guide for Senior Leadership in Implementation Collaboratives. Los Angeles, CA and Durham, NC.

Agosti, J., Douglass, A., Doyle, S., Rivers, S. (2017).

Trauma-Informed Early Care and Education Breakthrough Series Collaborative: A Toolkit.

Boston Public Health Commission, Division of Violence Prevention. Boston, MA. Defending Childhood Initiative

Agosti, J., Despard D., Medeiros, G., Reilly, S., Springwater, J. (2017).

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.

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.

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).

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

Agosti, J. (August 2011).

California Disproportionality Project Breakthrough Series Collaborative Final Report.

Child and Family Policy Institute of California.

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.

Hanson, S., Chan-Brown, K., Dougherty, S., and Agosti, J. (December 2009).

Safety and Risk Assessments: Breakthrough Series Collaborative.

Project between Casey Family Programs and the American Humane Association.

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.

os Angeles, CA and Durham, NC: National Center for Child Traumatic Stress.

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.

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.

Agosti, J. (June 2005).

Breakthrough Series Collaborative - Recruitment and Retention of Resource Families: Promising Practices and Lessons Learned.

Seattle, Washington: Casey Family Programs.

Watson, P. and Agosti, J. (February 2005).

We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the fear, the hatred and mistrust…We must dissent because America can do better, because America has no choice but to do better.

Using the Breakthrough Series Collaborative Methodology to Support Transformation in Child Welfare Systems

Becoming a Trauma-Informed, Anti-Racist Organization: Lessons Learned and Promising Approaches from the Clifford Beers Learning Collaborative

Empowering transition age youth through trauma-informed, strengths-based, youth-centered, and anti-racist practices: Implementation of a virtual breakthrough series collaborative.

Toolkit for Building System Capacity to Engage Fathers and Paternal Relatives in Child Welfare

Using a change framework to design systems that effectively engage fathers and paternal relatives and promote racial justice.

Being anti-racist is central to trauma-informed care: Principles of an anti-racist, trauma-informed organization.

A Breakthrough Series on Engaging Fathers and Paternal Relatives in Child Welfare: A System Response to COVID-19 and Racial Unrest.

NCTSN Trauma-Informed Organizational Assessment: Implementation Guide for Team Leaders.

Field Guide for Implementation of a Breakthrough Series Collaborative in Early Care and Education.

The Pediatric Integrated Care Collaborative Indian Health Service (PICC-IHS) Toolkit.

NCTSN Trauma-Informed Organizational Assessment.

Culture of Continuous Learning Project: A literature review of the Breakthrough Series Collaborative (BSC).

Convening to Advance Senior Leadership" Expert Contributors, CCFH, Duke EPIC, NCCTS.

Trauma-Informed Early Care and Education Breakthrough Series Collaborative: A Toolkit.

Trauma-Informed Resilient Child Welfare Agencies: A New England Learning Community – Summary of the Work.

"Integrating Mental and Physical Health Services Using a Socio-Emotional Trauma Lens.

Practical Steps to Integrate Family Voice in Organization, Policy, Planning, and Decision-Making for Socio-Emotional Trauma-Informed Integrated Pediatric Care.

Baltimore. A Trauma and Resilience Informed City for Children and Families – Breakthrough Series Collaborative Final Report.

Implementation of Treat to Target in Rheumatoid Arthritis through a Learning Collaborative: Rationale and Design of the TRACTION Trial

Using Trauma-Informed Child Welfare Practice to Improve Placement Stability Breakthrough Series Collaborative: Promising Practices and Lessons Learned.

Promising Practices and Strategies for Using Trauma-Informed Child Welfare Practice to Improve Foster Care Placement Stability: A Breakthrough Series Collaborative.

California’s Breakthrough Series Collaborative to Transform Independent Living Programs (ILP).

Love and Belonging for a Lifetime.

Independent Living Program Transformation in California: Lessons Learned about Working with Older Youth and Implications for Permanency. Protecting Children

California Disproportionality Project Breakthrough Series Collaborative Final Report.

New England Breakthrough Series Collaborative on Safety and Risk Assessments.

Safety and Risk Assessments: Breakthrough Series Collaborative.

Using the Breakthrough Series Collaborative Methodology in the Field of Child Trauma: Final Report.

Massachusetts Breakthrough Series Collaborative on Adolescent Permanency: Promising Practices and Lessons Learned. Boston, Massachusetts

Breakthrough Series Collaborative – Implementing Differential Response in California: Promising Practices and Lessons Learned. Seattle

Breakthrough Series Collaborative - Recruitment and Retention of Resource Families: Promising Practices and Lessons Learned.

A Framework for Continuous Quality Improvement.

Partners: Working with the Business Community to Recruit Resource Families.

Quality in Child Welfare Services: A Breakthrough Series Collaborative.

Partners: Working with the Business Community to Recruit Resource Families.

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