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The Center for States provides research assistance and responds to information requests on building capacity in child welfare.

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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. 

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

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

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

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

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Use this Reflection Worksheet while viewing the video, The Full View: Comprehensive Assessment of Parents

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Listen in as parents and workers share their perspectives on the value of and approaches to improving comprehensive assessment of parents. 

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Explore how having access to the right information at the right time can improve assessment and decision-making at the child/family level, and how aggregate data can be used to support system improvements.