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Podcast

Listen to child welfare agency leaders in the District of Columbia talk about how they work with partners to use their different data lenses to understand the needs of families and to structure a set of services to best meet the full spectrum of needs. In Kentucky, child welfare agency leaders describe the process of finding the story behind the numbers to transform their system.

Video

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

Video

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.

PDF

Examine new software and technology innovations, which provide better, more integrated services and cut costs for states and jurisdictions.

Video

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

PDF

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

PDF

Explore and discuss state performance on CFSR statewide data indicators.

Webinar

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

Webinar

Explore innovative programs and strategies that child welfare professionals can use to support reunification and emphasize caregiver and parent voice.

PDF

Learn to use the CFSR Round 4 SPSS syntax to calculate observed performance for a state on all or selected statewide data indicators.

PDF

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

Video

Learn about how Jamall reunified with family members and enjoyed family cookouts and holidays with the help of Jennifer and the Family Finder program through Kinnect Ohio.

Video

Learn about Jamall’s reunification with his mother, grandmother, and other family members through Kinnect Ohio’s Finding Family program.

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Learn about Jennifer’s commitment to facilitating belonging and lifelong support for children in foster care through the Kinnect Ohio Family Finding program.

PDF

Find out how simulation training is used in child welfare and learn the five key steps for developing and implementing a simulation programs.