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Reflect on past results to inform plans for future improvements.

Publication Year 2022
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Use this tool to help your child welfare agency develop a communication plan to support your change and implementation efforts. 

Publication Year 2024
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Complete this template to create, print, and share a communication plan for your change effort. 

Publication Year 2024
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Learn how implementation teams can assess readiness for change and implementation and support related planning.

Publication Year 2019
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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
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Find the eligibility requirements of the Children’s Justice Act Grant and the roles and responsibilities of Grantees.

Publication Year 2018
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Understand the role of coaching in supporting workers, including coaching functions, effectiveness, models, and strategies.

Publication Year 2017
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Learn solid strategies for understanding and implementing the trauma-informed care provisions of the FFPSA.

Publication Year 2021
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Find information about using collaborative practices and models across human service systems to better serve families dealing with co-occurring issues.

Publication Year 2017
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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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Get the basics on general practice for agency interventions, including screening, documenting descriptions of abuse and protective efforts, and evaluating risk.

Publication Year 2017
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Learn how domestic violence and child maltreatment affect families and read about the risks, impacts, protective efforts, and other related topics.

Publication Year 2017
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Learn how domestic violence documentation can help hold perpetrators accountable and promote survivor safety and well-being.

Publication Year 2017
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Discover a comprehensive range of information about domestic violence decision-making.

Publication Year 2017
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Find family engagement strategies for survivors, children, and perpetrators of domestic violence.

Publication Year 2017