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Explore additional resources for engaging individuals with lived experience as advisors for groups, committees, boards, and more.

Publication Year 2023
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Explore strategies to engage individuals with lived experience as advisors for groups, committees, boards, and more. 

Publication Year 2022
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Explore additional resources to learn how to accurately and safely collecting data on LGBTQIA2S+ youth and young adults.

Publication Year 2023
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Learn strategies for accurately and safely collecting data on LGBTQIA2S+ youth and young adults.

Publication Year 2022
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Learn how to engage young people and families with lived expertise in the CFSR process at a child welfare agency. 

Publication Year 2022
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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. 

Publication Year 2021
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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.   

Publication Year 2022
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Discover services and resources aimed at the needs of expecting and parenting teens in child welfare. 

Publication Year 2022
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Explore additional resources aimed at the needs of expecting and parenting teens in child welfare.

Publication Year 2022
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Explore additional resources to learn about the challenges of engaging difficult-to-reach populations of youth and young adults.

Publication Year 2022
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Learn about the challenges of engaging difficult-to-reach populations of youth and young adults. 

Publication Year 2022
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Explore strategies to help child welfare organizations create equity in the workplace. 

Publication Year 2021
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Explore additional resources to learn actionable ways to engage in authentic, nonexploitative storytelling practices with people with lived experience and expertise.

Publication Year 2022
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Explore additional resources to learn actionable ways to engage in authentic, nonexploitative storytelling practices with people with lived experience and expertise.

Publication Year 2022
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Learn actionable ways to engage in authentic, nonexploitative storytelling practices with people with lived experience and expertise. 

Publication Year 2022