In this video, presenters share their experiences with leading and being led by those around them in child welfare and offer practical strategies for child welfare professionals, no matter their role, to lead and support each other in leadership roles.

Hear from Capacity Building Center for States Family and Young Adult Consultants with lived experience on the critical role leaders play in advancing well-being, resilience, and dedication of the child welfare workforce.

Hear from leaders as they reflect on transformational leadership and its importance in child welfare.

Explore the benefits of and strategies for recruiting and integrating people with lived expertise into the child welfare workforce.

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

Examine the Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program's purpose, objectives, history, funding, and requirements. 

Find out where evidence-based programs and services are being implemented to prevent children from entering foster care.

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

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

Use this presentation to follow along with the speakers as you watch the 2021 CWVE Session 4 webinar, Intentional Inclusion: Creating Equity in the Workplace. 

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

Explore strategies to help child welfare organizations create equity in the workplace. 

Discover how data sharing can improve the child welfare court system.

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

Explore the key components of engaging youth and families in individual permanency planning.