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Perspectives on Normalcy Handout: You Get a Call, "Do You Want These Kids?"

This handout is part of the series, “Perspectives on Normalcy: Videos and Discussion Questions.” It is designed to facilitate discussion about the issues raised in the video, “Kinship Adoption: You Get a Call, ‘Do You Want These Kids?’”

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Preparation Checklist for Engagement of Young People and Families in the CFSR

Set the groundwork for meaningful engagement of people with lived experience in the CFSR.

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Productive Partnerships With Youth and Families: Commitment to Lived Expertise Resource List

Explore additional resources on how to increase commitment to partnering with people with lived expertise in child welfare. 

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Providing Direct Financial Assistance to Youth and Young Adults

Read this resource to learn about direct financial assistance and emergency financial assistance available to young people.

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Resource List: Culturally Responsive Engagement and Partnership

Explore resources related to Culturally Responsive Engagement and Partnership video.

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Resource List: Effectively Engaging Fathers of Color

Explore resources related to Effectively Engaging Fathers of Color video. 

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Resource List: From Understanding to Action: Shifting Power Dynamics to Advance Race Equity

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Rethinking Service Array for Young People Transitioning From Child Welfare

Explore strategies for redesigning the child welfare service array to meet the needs of youth and young adults currently and formerly in foster care.

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Service Array Data Inventory Sample Worksheet

This “Service Array Data Inventory Sample Worksheet” (Worksheet) is a companion tool to A Data-Driven Approach to Service Array Guide developed by the Capacity Building Center for States. To use the Worksheet, you can print it out and fill in the blank squares, or use the questions as a guide.

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Setting the Stage: Creating the Space for People With Lived Expertise to Thrive Tip Sheet

Explore additional resources to help effectively integrate lived experts into the child welfare workforce. 

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Setting the Stage: Creating the Space for People With Lived Expertise to Thrive Resource List

Explore additional resources for effectively integrating lived experts into the child welfare workforce. 

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Setting the Stage: Creating the Space for People With Lived Expertise to Thrive Sample Scenario

Discover ways to effectively integrate people with lived expertise into the child welfare workforce. 

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Strategies for Authentic Integration of Family and Youth Voice in Child Welfare

Explore tips and strategies to effectively engage and sustain the involvement of families and youth at the agency level. 

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Summary: National Convening on Trafficking and Child Welfare

Explore sex trafficking prevention best practices for implementing provisions of the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act (P.L. 113-183).

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The Power of Lived Expertise in Research and Evaluation: Child Welfare Edition Resource List

Explore additional resources to learn about key considerations to sustain research and evaluation partnerships with people with lived expertise and minimize harm.