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Resource List: "We See It, We Know It, and Now We Must Do Something About It”: Working Together to Reduce Inequity

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Resource List: What Is Urgent? Taking the First Steps Toward Change

Explore resources related to the What Is Urgent? Taking the First Steps Toward Change video.

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Safely Reducing the Use of Congregate Care: Considerations in the Age of Family First

This webinar provides an overview of the Family First Prevention Services Act provisions and strategies related to reducing reliance on congregate care.

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Service Array Data Inventory Sample Worksheet

This “Service Array Data Inventory Sample Worksheet” (Worksheet) is a companion tool to A Data-Driven Approach to Service Array Guide developed by the Capacity Building Center for States. To use the Worksheet, you can print it out and fill in the blank squares, or use the questions as a guide.

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Setting the Stage: Creating the Space for People With Lived Expertise to Thrive

Discover strategies to effectively integrate people with lived expertise into the child welfare workforce.

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Setting the Stage: Creating the Space for People With Lived Expertise to Thrive Sample Scenario

Discover ways to effectively integrate people with lived expertise into the child welfare workforce. 

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Setting the Stage: Creating the Space for People With Lived Expertise to Thrive Tip Sheet

Explore additional resources to help effectively integrate lived experts into the child welfare workforce. 

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Setting the Stage: Creating the Space for People With Lived Expertise to Thrive Resource List

Explore additional resources for effectively integrating lived experts into the child welfare workforce. 

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State Team Planning National Meeting Archived Webinar

Explore how child welfare agencies, legal and judicial stakeholders, prevention partners, and communities can work together to build prevention-focused systems, starting with jurisdictions' 2020–24 Child and Family Services Plans (CFSPs). 

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Strategies for Authentic Integration of Family and Youth Voice in Child Welfare

Explore tips and strategies to effectively engage and sustain the involvement of families and youth at the agency level. 

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The Evidence for Strengthening Families

Read about the value of collaboration as the key to prevention, safety, and long-term stability for children and families.

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The Words We Choose to Use

Watch this short, animated video to examine how changing the language and messaging we use can support a shift to a more prevention-focused child welfare system.

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Tools to Support Effective Collaboration for Strengthening Families

Explore tools and resources that can help states plan for family-strengthening activities aligned with the FFPSA and prevention-oriented collaboration strategies.

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Understanding the Past to Build a New Future: Advancing Racial Equity for Children, Youth, and Families

Learn how and why racial and ethnic disparities exist in child welfare systems and in outcomes for children, youth, and families.

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Using Data and Evaluation to Advance Racial Equity in Child Welfare

Discover strategies for using data to build evidence, engage youth, families, and other partners, and move toward racial equity in child welfare. ​