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Podcast

Listen to child welfare agency leaders in the District of Columbia talk about how they work with partners to use their different data lenses to understand the needs of families and to structure a set of services to best meet the full spectrum of needs. In Kentucky, child welfare agency leaders describe the process of finding the story behind the numbers to transform their system.

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

Podcast

In this introduction to the podcast series How We Partner With the Community to Improve Service Options, agency leaders talk about the changing culture of their organizations. Leaders from Kentucky discuss their Child Welfare Transformation initiative, three transformational goals, and culture of safety.

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

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Explore and discuss state performance on CFSR statewide data indicators.

Podcast

Explore the efforts agencies, community collaborative organizations, and others are making to bring families, youth, and communities to the table as they strive to improve the child welfare system in this podcast. 

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

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Discusses new software and technologies used in child welfare.

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Learn how child welfare agencies can transfer select operations online and out of a central worksite.

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Understand available technologies and best practices for holding virtual meetings.

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Learn to be more intentional about creating opportunities to relate to the staff and families you serve and to infuse more empathy into your agency.

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

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

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

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Learn about the definition and calculation of the CFSR statewide data indicator maltreatment in foster care.