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Explore additional resources and learn strategies for moving forward with prioritizing lived expertise in child welfare.

Publication Year 2022
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This brief provides updates for State Citizen Review Panels (CRPs) in the following States: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Hawaii, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Wyoming. 

Publication Year 2019
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Here you will find interviews with Toni Lawal, Tennessee’s Citizen Review Panel (CRP) Coordinator, and Stuart Oppenheim, Executive Director of the Child and Family Policy Institute of California; an update on the Pennsylvania CRP; and Office on Child Abuse and Neglect (OCAN) and Children’s Bureau (CB) updates.

Publication Year 2021
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Find information about the national citizen review panel community, including federal and state updates, webinars, and more.

Publication Year 2022
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Read about our new Young Adult Consultant team member, find helpful information about the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA), ways to engage persons with lived experience, and more!

Publication Year 2023
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Find information about the national citizen review panel community, including federal and state updates, webinars, and more.

Publication Year 2021
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Find information about the new CRP Peer Group lead, the NCRP Advisory Board update, communication tools for CRPs, and more.

Publication Year 2023
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Find information about the national citizen review panel (CRP) community, including federal and state updates, webinars, and more.

Publication Year 2022
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Find the eligibility requirements of the Children’s Justice Act Grant and the roles and responsibilities of Grantees.

Publication Year 2018
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Understand the role of coaching in supporting workers, including coaching functions, effectiveness, models, and strategies.

Publication Year 2017
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Learn effective strategies to collect, analyze, and use data related to caseworker visits.

Publication Year 2017
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See how coordination can improve identification, reporting, and services for youth who are victims or at risk of becoming victims of sex trafficking.

Publication Year 2015
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Use this tool to help meet QRTP requirements, clarify staff roles, and develop approaches to strengthen effective trauma-informed and healing-centered practices that truly support young people.

Publication Year 2023
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Access strategies to better understand and implement the family engagement requirements of the FFPSA.

Publication Year 2021
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Learn solid strategies for understanding and implementing the trauma-informed care provisions of the FFPSA.

Publication Year 2021