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Identify data sources to explore agency responsiveness to the community.

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Explore how data reported in AFCARS about youth who run away from state custody can be used to inform interventions.

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Identify data sources to explore how well your state’s case review system is functioning.

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Better understand your state’s performance on statewide data indicators related to the safety and permanency of children served by the child welfare system. 

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

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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.

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Learn about quality contacts, why they are important, and how an agency can successfully implement them.

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Identify data sources to explore your state’s system of foster and adoptive parent licensing, recruitment, and retention.

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Explore information and get guidance about sex trafficking and identification of sex trafficking victims.

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Learn to use the CFSR Round 4 SPSS syntax to calculate observed performance for a state on all or selected statewide data indicators.

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Review the steps for running the CFSR Round 4 SPSS syntax to calculate observed performance on statewide data indicators. 

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Set the groundwork for meaningful engagement of people with lived experience in the CFSR.

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Identify data sources to explore how well your state’s quality assurance system is functioning.

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Identify data sources to explore service array and resource development.

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Learn about State Liaison Officers, who they are, their roles, responsibilities, and the Center for States resources available to them.