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Identify data sources to explore agency responsiveness to the community.

Publication Year 2023
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Discover how to examine and drill down into state data to build understanding of what’s happening in your child welfare system.

Publication Year 2023
Webinar

Learn about a framework for applying safety science to promote a culture of safety in child welfare agencies.

Publication Year 2017
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Explore how data reported in AFCARS about youth who run away from state custody can be used to inform interventions.

Publication Year 2015
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Identify data sources to explore how well your state’s case review system is functioning.

Publication Year 2023
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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. 

Publication Year 2021
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Get guidance for completing the CQI self-assessment instrument, see suggested sources for local assessment data, and learn to rate assessment results.

Publication Year 2018
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Get the latest research on decision science and safety decision-making practices in child welfare to help improved safety outcomes.

Publication Year 2017
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Learn about quality contacts, why they are important, and how an agency can successfully implement them.

Publication Year 2017
Video

Explore strategies for developing a comprehensive community prevention framework across all levels of prevention.

Publication Year 2021
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Identify data sources to explore your state’s system of foster and adoptive parent licensing, recruitment, and retention.

Publication Year 2023
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Explore and discuss state performance on CFSR statewide data indicators.

Publication Year 2023
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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.

Publication Year 2022
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Learn about the definition and calculation of the CFSR statewide data indicator maltreatment in foster care.

Publication Year 2022
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Review the steps for running the CFSR Round 4 SPSS syntax to calculate observed performance on statewide data indicators. 

Publication Year 2022