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Explore information and strategies for advancing racial equity through problem exploration.

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

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

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Consider whose perspectives are represented on your team. 

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Better understand your state’s performance on statewide data indicators related to the safety and permanency of children served by the child welfare system. 

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

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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. 

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Hear about the youth-led projects of the Division X Technical Assistance project in fiscal year 2022.

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Hear how Division X Technical Assistance Targeted Assistance Projects (TAPs) helped child welfare agencies enhance policies and practices for youth and young adults.

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Identify data sources to explore your state’s system of foster and adoptive parent licensing, recruitment, and retention.

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Explore and discuss state performance on CFSR statewide data indicators.

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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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Explore strategies to help child welfare organizations create equity in the workplace. 

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Use the resources in this list to support young people’s transitional needs and help them develop the skills needed for independent living after exiting foster care.

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