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Co-Creating Race Equity Tools: Practical Strategies for Evaluation and Continuous Quality Improvement Efforts

Explore ways that jurisdictions can integrate strategies to promote equity in continuous quality improvement (CQI) and evaluation efforts. 

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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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​CWVE 2021 Session 2 Presentation

Use this presentation to follow along with the speakers as you watch the 2021 Child Welfare Virtual Expo Session 2 webinar, Using Data and Evaluation to Advance Racial Equity in Child Welfare.

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CWVE 2021 Session 2A Presentation

​Use this presentation to follow along with the speakers as you watch the 2021 Child Welfare Virtual Expo Session 2A webinar, “We See It, We Know It, and Now We Must Do Something About It”: Working Together to Reduce Inequity.

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​CWVE 2021 Session 2B Presentation

​Use this presentation to follow along with the speakers as you watch the 2021 Child Welfare Virtual Expo Session 2B webinar, Exploring the Use of Data to Tell Stories of Inequities.

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CWVE 2021 Session 2C Presentation

Use this presentation to follow along with the speakers as you watch the 2021 Child Welfare Virtual Expo Session 2C webinar, Co-Creating Race Equity Tools: Practical Strategies for Evaluation and Continuous Quality Improvement Efforts.

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Exploring the Use of Data to Tell Stories of Inequities 

Learn how to effectively present data in digestible and actionable ways that lead to real change.

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Inventory of Innovations: Data and Child Welfare

Learn about applications that can make information gathering more efficient, increase useful data, and help you better understand those you serve. 

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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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Resource List: Co-Creating Race Equity Tools: Practical Strategies for Evaluation and Continuous Quality Improvement Efforts

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Resource List: Exploring the Use of Data to Tell Stories of Inequities

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

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Resource List: Using Data and Evaluation to Advance Racial Equity in Child Welfare

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Resource List: "We See It, We Know It, and Now We Must Do Something About It”: Working Together to Reduce Inequity

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Using Data and Evaluation to Advance Racial Equity in Child Welfare

Discover strategies for using data to build evidence, engage youth, families, and other partners, and move toward racial equity in child welfare. ​

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“We See It, We Know It, and Now We Must Do Something About It”: Working Together to Reduce Inequity

Discover how data sharing can improve the child welfare court system.