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Identify data sources to explore agency responsiveness to the community.

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

Publication Year 2023
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Read about our new Young Adult Consultant team member, find helpful information about the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA), ways to engage persons with lived experience, and more!

Publication Year 2023
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Read about Citizens Review Panel (CRP) recruitment, discover key strategies for tribal engagement, and explore ways to collaborate with agency partners. 

Publication Year 2024
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Learn effective strategies to collect, analyze, and use data related to caseworker visits.

Publication Year 2017
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Learn solid strategies for understanding and implementing the trauma-informed care provisions of the FFPSA.

Publication Year 2021
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Find information about using collaborative practices and models across human service systems to better serve families dealing with co-occurring issues.

Publication Year 2017
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Use this presentation to follow along with the speakers as you watch the 2021 CWVE Session 4 webinar, Intentional Inclusion: Creating Equity in the Workplace. 

Publication Year 2021
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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
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Pair this discussion guide with its corresponding video to understand the value of engaging the biological father after removal of the child from the home.

Publication Year 2017
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Pair this discussion guide with its corresponding video to understand the value of engaging the biological mother after removal of the child or children.

Publication Year 2017
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Pair this discussion guide with its corresponding video to understand the value of engaging children after removal from their parental home.

Publication Year 2017
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Pair this discussion guide with its corresponding video to understand the value of engaging resource parents to collaborate around caring for children in foster care.

Publication Year 2017