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Learn about Catherine’s journey recovering from trauma and addiction to be successfully reunified with her daughter.

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Learn about Dezzie’s experience bonding with her newborn while embracing parenting classes and other agency supports in her journey to be reunified with her daughter.

Webinar

Discover how parent partner programs support family reunification by guiding and motivating parents into constructive interactions with the child welfare system and courts.

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Learn to be more intentional about creating opportunities to relate to the staff and families you serve and to infuse more empathy into your agency.

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Explore workforce challenges in child welfare and highlight the urgent need to be brave in addressing those challenges.

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Explore additional resources to learn how child welfare organizations can create equity in the workforce. 

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Learn how child welfare organizations can create equity in the workforce. 

Webinar

Explore the benefits of reunification and post-reunification supports and how these strategies help prevent reentry into foster care. 

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Examine the Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program's purpose, objectives, history, funding, and requirements. 

Webinar

Explore existing frameworks for protective capacities and protective factors and learn how to use them together for better prevention.

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Review the protective capacities and protective factors frameworks used to assess, intervene, and serve families.

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Explore insights on using protective capacities and protective factors to build a continuum of practice that extends from safety to strength-building. 

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Explore coaching steps and tips supervisors can use to help workers strengthen skills and meet goals.

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Explore how to use human resources data to address worker turnover with guides, resources, and videos from the Quality Improvement Center for Workforce Development.