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Change and Implementation at a Glance: Implementation Planning and Capacity Building

Explore considerations for planning and building capacity for equitable implementation of new programs and practices. 

Publication Year 2023
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Change and Implementation in Practice: Considerations for Advancing Racial Equity Through Problem Exploration

Explore information and strategies for advancing racial equity through problem exploration.

Publication Year 2023
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Change and Implementation in Practice: Teaming Worksheets

Consider whose perspectives are represented on your team. 

Publication Year 2024
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Child Welfare Organizational Capacities

Learn about the identified five dimensions of capacity, browse examples of each, and find out why each dimension is important to an organization.

Publication Year 2015
Webinar

Child Welfare Response to Sex Trafficking: An Introductory Webinar (Part 1)

Available on CapLEARN; registration required.
Provides a broad overview of the Child Welfare Response to Child and Youth Sex Trafficking learning curriculum and explores how the curriculum could be integrated into agency training programs.

Publication Year 2015
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Collaborating With Youth-Serving Agencies to Respond to and Prevent Sex Trafficking of Youth

See how coordination can improve identification, reporting, and services for youth who are victims or at risk of becoming victims of sex trafficking.

Publication Year 2015
Webinar

Considerations for LGBTQ Children and Youth in Foster Care: Exploring Normalcy as It Relates to P.L. 113–183 Recorded Webinar

Learn about normalcy for LGBTQ children and youth in foster care in the context of the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act (P.L. 113–183).

Publication Year 2016
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Considerations for LGBTQ Children and Youth in Foster Care: Exploring Normalcy as It Relates to P.L. 113–183

Get informed about creating normalcy for LGBTQ children and youth in foster care and browse relevant examples.

Publication Year 2016
Video

Cultivating Communities of Care to Transform Child Welfare Leadership

In this video, presenters share their experiences with leading and being led by those around them in child welfare and offer practical strategies for child welfare professionals, no matter their role, to lead and support each other in leadership roles.

Publication Year 2024
Webinar

Division X TA: Reflections and Opportunities

Hear about the youth-led projects of the Division X Technical Assistance project in fiscal year 2022.

Publication Year 2022
Webinar

Division X Technical Assistance Kick-Off

Hear how Division X Technical Assistance Targeted Assistance Projects (TAPs) helped child welfare agencies enhance policies and practices for youth and young adults.

Publication Year 2022
Webinar

Financial Capability for Youth and Child Welfare

Provides an overview of resources and strategies to enhance approaches for providing financial capability training for youth who are transitioning out of foster care. 

Publication Year 2015
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Foster and Adoptive Parent Licensing, Recruitment, and Retention: Systemic Factor Data Planning Worksheet

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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Having the Normalcy Conversation: Youth Engagement

Examine a five-step framework that helps organizations promote youth engagement in normalcy conversations about the youth’s own care.

Publication Year 2017
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Having the Normalcy Conversation: A Guide for Discussing Developmentally Appropriate Services for Children, Youth, and Young Adults in Foster Care

Explore the various aspects of the importance of normalcy for children and youth in care.

Publication Year 2016