At the national, state, and local levels, there is increasing recognition of the importance of safe family relationships to ensure children's success and well-being. Recognizing the family's critical role, child welfare systems must strive to identify, locate, and engage kin to support children at all stages of the casework process. The search for relatives must begin without delay when taking protective action to manage child safety, whether that protective action is in-home or out-of-home. Involving family members can help prevent children from entering foster care, mitigate the trauma for children who are removed by increasing the likelihood that they will live with someone they know, or by supporting them while they are in state custody. Family Search and Engagement (FSE) is designed to locate, engage, connect, and support family resources for children. It is both a philosophy and a practice approach. FSE is built on the foundational values and beliefs of family and youth engagement and family-centered practice. FSE employs outreach strategies focused on gathering information and building relationships that can support a youth�s fundamental need for safe, enduring family connections. This one-day training session examines the principles and values required for relative search to be effective and how these can be reflected and applied in everyday practice. Participants will be introduced to a variety of �family finding? strategies to uncover and explore a youth and family�s natural network of relationships -including both maternal and paternal- who can offer a range of support and connection. The presentation focuses on �in-the-moment? skills, conversations and tools that assist in engaging family and helping youth establish or re-establish safe relationships, recognizing that permanent family connections are often closer than we realize!