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Learn about Michigan’s and Nevada’s unique journeys in implementing coaching practices for their child welfare supervision and management teams.

Publication Year 2024
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Explore successful cross-system collaboration across three phases of child welfare interactions with families experiencing co-occurring issues—front-end investigation, case planning/service provision, and case resolution. 

Publication Year 2017
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A look at the Capacity Building Center for Tribes' workforce development and the Minority Professional Leadership’s approach to promoting leaders of color.  

Publication Year 2024
Video

Watch a discussion on focusing on job-specific skills (instead of best practices culture), training in a virtual environment, and integrating racial equity across child welfare training.

Publication Year 2024
Video

Hear a summary of the CWVE 2023 sessions and a motivational message for improving child welfare workforce recruitment, retention, and well-being.

Publication Year 2024
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Use this discussion guide with CWVE 2023 videos to explore topics on workforce recruitment and retention, as well as access individual reflection exercises, discussion prompts, and team activities.

Publication Year 2024
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 Watch as staff from the Fairfax County (Virginia) Department of Family Services share their journey from development to implementation of a clinical supervision program.

Publication Year 2024
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A look at strategies, initiatives, and frameworks that infuse racial equity into everyday operations in the child welfare system.

Publication Year 2024
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Explore workforce challenges in child welfare and highlight the urgent need to be brave in addressing those challenges.

Publication Year 2024
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Explore and reflect on the impact of, and opportunities to improve, assessment and decision-making processes. 

Publication Year 2017
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Learn about organizational capacity to assess readiness and how it impacts retention of people with lived expertise in child welfare agencies.
 

Publication Year 2024
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