Provides an overview of essential functions, or tasks, to monitor and evaluate the implementation and impact of a program or other intervention and apply findings over the course of the change and implementation process.

Explores the tasks of identifying fidelity measures from other sources or developing new ones, developing the tools and protocols, and then using data to make improvements.

Explores the tasks of determining the “big picture” objectives and scope of evaluation efforts and assessing the agency’s capacity to conduct rigorous fidelity assessments, formative evaluations, or summative evaluations.

Describes the task of analyzing costs to satisfy funding requirements; support decision-making around intervention selection, testing, and piloting; and plan for scaling up and sustainability.

This video highlights the story of a kinship foster parent and her experience navigating the kinship caregiver process in New York City by using the Kinship Guardian Assistance Program (KinGAP).

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

The video highlights the story of a kinship caregiver and how becoming a licensed foster parent working with social services and her local child welfare agency resulted in better support and resources.

This video highlights the story of a school social worker in Rhode Island and her experience becoming a foster parent to a student who did not have a relative placement.

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

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

Watch this short, animated video to examine how changing the language and messaging we use can support a shift to a more prevention-focused child welfare system.

This video highlights the story of a family specialist in Ohio and her experience working with families to successfully place children with kin.

Explore how to use human resources data to address worker turnover with guides, resources, and videos from the Quality Improvement Center for Workforce Development.

This video highlights the story of a kinship specialist with the New York City Children’s Services and how she collaborates with fellow child welfare agencies in identifying kinship guardians to result in successful kin placement.