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The Center for States provides research assistance and responds to information requests on building capacity in child welfare.

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Reflect on past results to inform plans for future improvements.

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. 

PDF

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

Video

Learn strategies to address the mental health needs of children, young people, and families.

Webinar

Learn sound methods for integrating a focus on race equity in data analysis and CQI. 

Podcast

Explore a family-focused program that embodies many of the changes that Kentucky wants to see throughout its child welfare system in this podcast. The START, program demonstrates a shift in organizational culture to focus on family and serves as an example of a truly collaborative team that uses early intervention and a shared decision-making model to work with families.

PDF

Find meaningful and actionable connections among your agency’s strategic planning, review, and CQI efforts using this toolkit.

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Learn a research-informed framework for agencies to explore implementation of CQI systems across seven areas, including leadership support and modeling, staff and stakeholder engagement, communication, administrative structure, use of quality data, case record review process, and application of CQI findings.