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Coping With Disasters and Strengthening Systems: Disaster Impact Planning Matrix

This useful matrix and tool can help agency disaster planning teams respond to common disaster impacts and plan for them going forward.

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Coping With Disasters and Strengthening Systems: Resource Roadmap

Provides concise information on the organization of the Coping With Disasters and Strengthening Systems series resources and offers suggestions for using the resources alone or together to help agencies develop, refine, and implement effective disaster plans.

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Knowledge Management Research: Telework in Child Welfare

Learn how child welfare agencies can transfer select operations online and out of a central worksite.

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Strategic Planning in Child Welfare: Strategies for Meaningful Youth, Family, and Other Partner Engagement​

Use this brief to explore actionable strategies for meaningful partner engagement in child welfare agency strategic planning, monitoring, and review processes.

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Tools to Support Effective Collaboration for Strengthening Families

Explore tools and resources that can help states plan for family-strengthening activities aligned with the FFPSA and prevention-oriented collaboration strategies.