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Webinar

Applying Safety Science Principles in Child Welfare Recorded Webinar

Learn about a framework for applying safety science to promote a culture of safety in child welfare agencies.

Publication Year 2017
PDF

Becoming a Family-Focused System: Strategies for Building a Culture to Partner With Families

Adapt strategies from this publication to improve specific areas of culture and climate to support partnering with families after conducting an assessment.

Publication Year 2019
PDF

Becoming a Family-Focused System: Assessing Culture and Climate

Get guidance, tips, and strategies for assessing agency culture and climate. 

Publication Year 2019
PDF

Becoming a Family-Focused System: Strategies for Building a Culture of Service Collaboration

Adapt proven strategies from this publication to improve specific areas of culture and that support collaborative development of an effective service array.

Publication Year 2019
Infographic

Building Our Child Welfare System Together Infographic

Browse the themes and key takeaways from the How We Partner With the Community to Improve Service Options podcast series.

Publication Year 2019
PDF

CFSR Connections and Integration Tool

Reflect on past results to inform plans for future improvements.

Publication Year 2022
PDF

Change and Implementation in Practice: Communications Planning

Use this tool to help your child welfare agency develop a communication plan to support your change and implementation efforts. 

Publication Year 2024
Video

Change and Implementation in Practice: Overview Video

Watch the Change and Implementation in Practice: Overview video to learn how key steps, tasks, and concepts fit together to support your agency’s change initiatives. 

Publication Year 2022
PDF

Change and Implementation in Practice: Communication Plan Template

Complete this template to create, print, and share a communication plan for your change effort. 

Publication Year 2024
PDF

Change and Implementation in Practice: Readiness Assessment Tool

Learn how implementation teams can assess readiness for change and implementation and support related planning.

Publication Year 2019
PDF

Collaborating to Collect and Use Data to Inform Quality Contacts

Learn effective strategies to collect, analyze, and use data related to caseworker visits.

Publication Year 2017
Podcast

Collaborating to Create Family-Focused Courts: Episode 7

Listen to a judge and a child welfare agency leader discuss the challenges, achievements, and strategies of the Tompkins County Family Treatment Court. This longstanding collaboration between the child welfare, substance use treatment, and judicial systems has been steadily growing its Family Treatment Court Team and improving outcomes for families since 2001.

Publication Year 2020
PDF

CWVE 2021 Session 4 Presentation

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
PDF

Decision-Making in Child Welfare for Improved Safety Outcomes

Get the latest research on decision science and safety decision-making practices in child welfare to help improved safety outcomes.

Publication Year 2017
PDF

Defining Quality Contacts

Learn about quality contacts, why they are important, and how an agency can successfully implement them.

Publication Year 2017