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Learn how to support LGBTQIA2S+ children and young people at a child welfare agency.

Publication Year 2024
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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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Use this discussion guide with the "Reflecting on Racial Equity and the Child Welfare Workforce" video to facilitate team discussions about your agency’s current practice and opportunities to take action.

Publication Year 2023
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Explore additional resources to learn how to accurately and safely collecting data on LGBTQIA2S+ youth and young adults.

Publication Year 2023
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Learn how child welfare organizations can create equity in the workforce. 

Publication Year 2022
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Learn strategies for accurately and safely collecting data on LGBTQIA2S+ youth and young adults.

Publication Year 2022
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Explore additional resources to learn how child welfare organizations can create equity in the workforce. 

Publication Year 2022
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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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Explore ways that jurisdictions can integrate strategies to promote equity in continuous quality improvement (CQI) and evaluation efforts. 

Publication Year 2021
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Explore resources related to Intentional Inclusion: Creating Equity in the Workplace video. 

Publication Year 2021
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Explore strategies to help child welfare organizations create equity in the workplace. 

Publication Year 2021
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Discover how data sharing can improve the child welfare court system.

Publication Year 2021
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Explore the key components of engaging youth and families in individual permanency planning.

Publication Year 2021
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This tool is a role-playing activity, designed to help child welfare workers and supervisors become more familiar with the process of recognizing and translating buzzwords into descriptive language.

Publication Year 2021
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Support agency staff in the authentic engagement of youth and families in individual permanency planning processes.

Publication Year 2021