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Explore the need for involving multiple voices in developing and implementing prevention plans, as well as the important role courts play in prevention.

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Explore how child welfare leaders, managers, and supervisors can motivate their staff to use data and evidence in their everyday practice. 

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Explore how frontline child welfare professionals can use data and evidence in their everyday practice. 

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Explore how legal and judicial professionals can use data and evidence in their everyday practice. 

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Learn about the importance of successful collaboration and engagement for implementing prevention-focused systems.

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Explore strategies for developing a comprehensive community prevention framework across all levels of prevention.

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Explore foundational information to build shared understanding of child welfare data collection and evidence.

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Explore the process of transitioning to a prevention-focused child welfare system from several perspectives, including those of a mother and son with lived experience and leaders who set the tone and direction for putting families at the center of child welfare work.

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Gain a deeper understanding of the dynamics of effective collaboration and how to avoid pitfalls when implementing partnerships for primary prevention.

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Explore how research, evaluation, and continuous quality improvement efforts help strengthen practice and increase effectiveness in child welfare. 

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Explore the role of all staff as discerning consumers of evidence. Learn how data and information from children, youth, and families can be used to inform practice at every level of the organization. 

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Hear a tribal perspective on effectiveness in child welfare.

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Hear about effectiveness in child welfare from a legal representative’s perspective.

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Hear an agency leadership perspective on effectiveness in child welfare.

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Explore how to incorporate knowledge into practice and systems to improve outcomes for children, youth, and families.