This guide and recorded webinar are part of a collection of resources designed to help child welfare agency leaders, managers, and stakeholders build teams to guide the change and implementation process.

This brief can help child welfare agency leaders, managers, and teams set a strong foundation for a new program, practice, or other intervention. The brief begins with background information and definitions and then describes a step-by-step process for developing a comprehensive implementation plan and identifying capacity building strategies.

Identifies the first three steps in the problem exploration process and examines the importance of data, key components of a data plan, and common mistakes to avoid in identifying problems in child welfare.

Learn how implementation teams can assess readiness for change and implementation and support related planning.

Explore information and strategies for advancing racial equity through problem exploration.

Identifies the final three steps in the problem exploration process and strategies that can help with analyzing data, root causes and contributing factors of problems, and common mistakes to avoid in problem exploration.

Learn how to collect, analyze, and use data about the implementation and outcomes of a program or other intervention.

This brief addresses both "identifying a problem" and "gathering data and exploring the problem indepth" in the first phase of the Change and Implementation Process.

Use this tool to help your child welfare agency develop a communication plan to support your change and implementation efforts. 

Consider whose perspectives are represented on your team. 

Complete this template to create, print, and share a communication plan for your change effort. 

Learn step-by-step how to build teams for the change and implementation process.

Use this crosswalk to start thinking concretely about prevention planning as a change and implementation process. 

Understand the CFSR statewide data indicators, their use in program improvement efforts, and performance calculation tools.

Better understand your state’s performance on statewide data indicators related to the safety and permanency of children served by the child welfare system.