Use this discussion guide with the “Reflecting on Racial Equity and the Family First Prevention Services Act” video to facilitate team discussions about your agency’s current practice and opportunities to take action.

Explore resources related to the Co-Creating Race Equity Tools: Practical Strategies for Evaluation and Continuous Quality Improvement Efforts video.

Explore resources related to the Exploring the Use of Data to Tell Stories of Inequities video.

Explore resources related to the Using Data and Evaluation to Advance Racial Equity in Child Welfare video.

Explore resources related to “We See It, We Know It, and Now We Must Do Something About It”: Working Together to Reduce Inequity video.

Explore strategies for redesigning the child welfare service array to meet the needs of youth and young adults currently and formerly in foster care.

Identify data sources to explore service array and resource development.

Explore additional resources for effectively integrating lived experts into the child welfare workforce. 

Discover ways to effectively integrate people with lived expertise into the child welfare workforce. 

Explore additional resources to help effectively integrate lived experts into the child welfare workforce. 

Identify data sources to explore functioning of staff and provider training.

Identify data sources to explore how well your state’s statewide information system is functioning.

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

Use this brief to help your agency coordinate strategic and long-term planning, monitoring, and reporting processes—such as the Child and Family Services Plan (CFSP) and Child and Family Services Review (CFSR)—with agency continuous quality improvement (CQI).

Explore tips and strategies to effectively engage and sustain the involvement of families and youth at the agency level.