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Resource List: Intentional Inclusion: Creating Equity in the Workplace

Explore resources related to Intentional Inclusion: Creating Equity in the Workplace video. 

Publication Year 2021
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Resource List: Maximizing Our Collective Impact

Explore resources related to the Maximizing Our Collective Impact video.

Publication Year 2019
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Resource List: The Power of Feedback: Using Data to Tell Our Story, Generate Feedback, and Promote Improvement

Publication Year 2019
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Resource List: Understanding the Past to Build a New Future: Advancing Racial Equity for Children, Youth, and Families

Publication Year 2021
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Resource List: Using Data and Evaluation to Advance Racial Equity in Child Welfare

Publication Year 2021
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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

Publication Year 2021
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Safety Decision-Making: Using Protective Capacities and Protective Factors

Explore insights on using protective capacities and protective factors to build a continuum of practice that extends from safety to strength-building. 

Publication Year 2017
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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.

Publication Year 2019
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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. 

Publication Year 2022
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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. 

Publication Year 2022
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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.

Publication Year 2022
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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. 

Publication Year 2022
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Simulation in Child Welfare Training: Moving Beyond Role Play

Publication Year 2017
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Simulation Innovations: It’s Not Just Role Play Anymore

Explore three different simulations used to train and build child welfare workers’ skills by mimicking the conditions and content that a worker will encounter on the job.  

Publication Year 2018
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Simulation Training: A Court Sim Lab

This video builds awareness of what the court sim lab looks like and what the experience is like for participants.

Publication Year 2020