(Initiated 2021) This implementation, a Center for Excellence (CfE) in Foster Family Development project, aimed to improve the well-being of children and families in Maryland impacted by the child welfare system. Project goals included reducing lengths of stay in foster care and unnecessary congregate care placements, decreasing the rate of re-entry into foster care, increasing reunification and permanency, and strengthening communication between resource (foster) parents and families of origin. The grant was awarded to the Maryland Department of Human Services (DHS)/Social Services Administration (SSA); their technical assistance team and evaluation partner was the Institute for Innovation & Implementation at the University of Maryland (UMB) School of Social Work. Our Parenting through Change – Reunification (PTC-R) curriculum was delivered virtually to families in English and Spanish. The implementation included  group leaders from UMB and the project’s DHS counties (Baltimore, Carroll, Prince George’s, Frederick, Montgomery). The project completed when grant funding ended in late 2023.