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Video

Learn about the Collaborative and the work it does with agencies, Tribes, and courts to build capacity.

Publication Year 2016
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Reflect on past results to inform plans for future improvements.

Publication Year 2022
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See how workforce satisfaction and retention are improved by emphasizing the positive differences that are made in the lives of children and families.

Publication Year 2017
PDF

Consider whose perspectives are represented on your team. 

Publication Year 2024
Video

Learn how to engage young people and families with lived expertise in the CFSR process at a child welfare agency. 

Publication Year 2022
PDF

Understand the principles underlying service provisioning for the Collaborative, in addition to goals, audiences, objectives, and examples.

Publication Year 2015
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Learn about the identified five dimensions of capacity, browse examples of each, and find out why each dimension is important to an organization.

Publication Year 2015
Video

Discover strategies for co-creating and sharing power with youth and families in child welfare.

Publication Year 2021
Podcast

Listen to a judge and a child welfare agency leader discuss the challenges, achievements, and strategies of the Tompkins County Family Treatment Court. This longstanding collaboration between the child welfare, substance use treatment, and judicial systems has been steadily growing its Family Treatment Court Team and improving outcomes for families since 2001.

Publication Year 2020
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Access strategies to better understand and implement the family engagement requirements of the FFPSA.

Publication Year 2021
Podcast

Listen to child welfare agency leaders in the District of Columbia, service providers, partners in community collaboratives, and sister agencies talk about how they coordinate service planning and delivery, are culturally responsive to the community, and provide seamless services to families.

Publication Year 2020
PDF

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

Publication Year 2021
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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.

Publication Year 2021
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Learn how to support LGBTQIA2S+ children and young people at a child welfare agency.

Publication Year 2024
Video

Learn about the values of cultural competence, cultural humility, and cultural safety, and how to implement them at a child welfare agency.  

Publication Year 2021