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Video

Explore strategies for engaging and empowering fathers of color in child welfare. 

Publication Year 2021
Video

Learn how to effectively present data in digestible and actionable ways that lead to real change.

Publication Year 2021
Video

Hear about strategies for authentically partnering with youth, young adults, Tribes, families, and communities of color to inform and improve child welfare research, practice, and policy.

Publication Year 2021
Video

Explore strategies to help child welfare organizations create equity in the workplace. 

Publication Year 2021
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.​ 

Publication Year 2015
Video

Explore and reflect on the impact of, and opportunities to improve, assessment and decision-making processes. 

Publication Year 2017
PDF

Use this reflection worksheet while viewing the Safety Decision-Making: Using Protective Capacities and Protective Factors video. 

Publication Year 2017
PDF

Use this reflection worksheet while viewing the video, The Full View: Comprehensive Assessment of Parents

Publication Year 2017
Video

Explore the impact of perceptions, attitudes, and organizational culture in child welfare. 

Publication Year 2017
PDF

Explore resources related to Effectively Engaging Fathers of Color video. 

Publication Year 2021