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.

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

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

Hear about strategies for authentically partnering with youth, young adults, Tribes, families, and communities of color to inform and improve child welfare research, practice, and policy.

Bruce and Brenda have been married for 33 years and have four daughters. From 2006 to 2009, they provided a kinship placement for their four grandchildren. In 2010, the couple adopted Bruce (now 18 years old), Tre’Nae (now 15 years old), Mason (now 13 years old), and Kiaunna (now 10 years old).

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

Learn actionable ways to engage in authentic, nonexploitative storytelling practices with people with lived experience and expertise. 

Learn how child welfare organizations can create equity in the workforce. 

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

Hear a summary of the 2022 CWVE themes and learn strategies for moving forward with prioritizing lived expertise in child welfare. 

Explore ways to increase commitment to partnering with people with lived expertise in child welfare.

This video highlights engagement as the caseworker visits a father in the county jail after his children were removed from his home.

This video highlights engagement as the caseworker visits a mother after her children were removed from her home.