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The CQI Quick Sheet series is meant to assist Court Improvement Programs plan for evaluating an area of focus. It includes some specific questions to ask, as well as some useful tips on methodologies to help achieve goals to improve in this area.
Each family mosaic video tells one family's story from three perspectives. The different viewpoints within a family come together to tell a more complete story of what is needed to support family well-being. Combine the mosaic videos with activities in the discussion guide to build a common understanding amongst staff, resource parents, and stakeholders of what it means to see foster care as a support to families, not a substitute for parents.
Watch the recorded webinars and listen to the podcasts in this series to hear how colleagues in different jurisdictions are engaging and collaborating with partners to shift their child welfare systems towards prevention.
Engage staff and partners with this activity guide and video to start a dialogue and co-create a vision for a more prevention-focused child welfare system.
Listen to this podcast series by and about people with lived experience in child welfare and about their partnerships with leaders within child welfare agencies.
Access tools to help teams prepare for Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) Round 4 data activities, adopt an integrated approach, engage lived experts, and more.
The lives of children and families can be forever altered by child welfare courts. Using performance measures can help to track, understand, and improve court practices.
Build, enhance, and sustain best practices when engaging young adult lived experience experts (partners with lived experience and expertise in child welfare) using resources and takeaways from Division X Technical Assistance.
Each topic in the Change and Implementation in Practice series includes a high-level summary resource that serves as an overview of the topic and includes an intentional focus on racial equity and integration of lived expertise. These “at a glance” resources present the series’ research-informed and user-friendly resources in a short, easy-to-follow format.
Watch these videos and use the related discussion guides with your team to reflect on the connections between racial equity and child welfare practice, engage in discussions, and use Center resources to take action.
Learn the importance of normalcy for youth in foster care and understand the importance of regular discussions about its implementation among everyone involved.
Learn how to build capacity in each of four component areas to promote a culture and climate that encourages youth engagement at all levels of an organization.