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Understand available technologies and best practices for holding virtual meetings.

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Learn how child welfare agencies can transfer select operations online and out of a central worksite.

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Learn to be more intentional about creating opportunities to relate to the staff and families you serve and to infuse more empathy into your agency.

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Describes strategies to change staff attitudes, engage families in developing their case plans, and keep children in foster care connected with their families and community. Rosa, the parent partner, shares how she joined the team, what she does in her role, and how the workgroup is helping the agency improve the support and services provided to families.

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Learn how child welfare organizations can create equity in the workforce. 

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Explore additional resources to learn how child welfare organizations can create equity in the workforce. 

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Learn about the definition and calculation of the CFSR statewide data indicator maltreatment in foster care.

Webinar

​​Increase awareness and understanding of the healthcare needs of children and youth in foster care, the medical services available to them, and the healthcare services available for children who return home and youth who age out of care.​ 

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Explore strategies for providing ongoing support to staff working in a trauma-exposed environment.  

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Use the template and instructions provided to develop parent partner program manuals.

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Shows strategies for child welfare staff to work with the court system to support family involvement. Joe, the Court Improvement Program lead, talks about his experience in the workgroup and the corresponding changes made in the court system to improve the support and services provided to families.

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Hear about the challenges and experiences of an adoptive family and how they created belonging, healthy development, and normal experiences.

Infographic

Review the protective capacities and protective factors frameworks used to assess, intervene, and serve families.

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Browse casework activities to use before, during, and after a caseworker visit with children, youth, and families.

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Learn how supervisors and program managers can assist child welfare caseworkers in conducting quality visits with parents.