The DEC Task Force Federal Partnerships Subcommittee conducted an assessment of promising practices in the field and of training modules provided by federal, state, local, tribal, and community-based providers across the country. This toolkit is a compilation of many of those practices for your use, separated into three categories: (1) increasing DEC awareness ( Awareness ), (2) fostering community collaboration ( Collaboration ) and (3) creating a more effective response ( Response ). The intent of this toolkit is to provide guidance and resources to professionals in identifying, responding to, and serving drug endangered children. For each practice we identify, we provide information about the practice ( what is working ), information about how this practice can be helpful ( why it works ) and information and other resources to assist you in implementing the practice in your community ( how to get started ), such as checklists and useful Web sites. We hope you will find this toolkit to be a useful resource to better identify and serve drug endangered children.