Use this discussion guide with the CWVE 2022 videos to view a description of each topic, access individual reflection questions to facilitate personal, on-demand learning, and explore conversation starters and team activities with child welfare staff and collaborative partners.   

Reflect on past results to inform plans for future improvements.

Use the guide and digital stories from this library with teams and individuals to advocate, inspire, support, recruit, train, and coach towards a better child welfare system. 

Meet the series cohosts as they talk about sharing lived expertise and power with child welfare agency leaders and staff.

Use this brief to explore actionable strategies for meaningful partner engagement in child welfare agency strategic planning, monitoring, and review processes.

Explore additional resources to learn about the challenges of engaging difficult-to-reach populations of youth and young adults.

Explore additional resources to learn actionable ways to engage in authentic, nonexploitative storytelling practices with people with lived experience and expertise.

Explore additional resources to learn how incorporating voices of lived experience can help improve child welfare services. 

Explore additional resources to learn how child welfare organizations can create equity in the workforce. 

Explore additional resources on how to increase commitment to partnering with people with lived expertise in child welfare. 

Explore additional resources to learn about key considerations to sustain research and evaluation partnerships with people with lived expertise and minimize harm. 

Explore additional resources to discover strategies for partnering with noncustodial fathers and paternal family members in child welfare. 

Explore additional resources to learn actionable ways to engage in authentic, nonexploitative storytelling practices with people with lived experience and expertise.

Listen to an attorney and a parent ally, both partners with Washington State’s child welfare system, explain how parent partner programs are essential to prevention services.

Listen to Indiana’s child welfare partners talk about making the shift to an upstream approach to prevention services possible in this short podcast.