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Examines the implementation planning task of revisiting the teaming and leadership structures to help agencies facilitate the change and implementation process.

Publication Year 2019
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Provides information on the task of identifying communication and engagement activities described in the implementation work plan.

Publication Year 2019
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Discusses the task of reviewing readiness assessment findings to plan for capacity building.

Publication Year 2019
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Examines the tasks of consolidating and reviewing the implementation plan before completing and putting it in place.

Publication Year 2019
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Explores the implementation planning task of developing strategies to build capacity for intervention implementation at a child welfare agency.

Publication Year 2019
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Focuses on planning for capacity building by exploring the task of developing strategies to strengthen motivation among child welfare staff and stakeholders for implementing an intervention.

Publication Year 2019
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Examines the task of building work plan activities to get the intervention ready before implementation begins.

Publication Year 2019
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Provides an overview of essential functions for preparing for implementation, planning for capacity building, and developing an implementation plan. The video also considers how tasks work together to support change efforts.

Publication Year 2019
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Presents information on the task of building the work plan activities to get the agency ready before implementation begins.

Publication Year 2019
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Explores the planning tasks of outlining implementation plan elements, identifying sources, and considering the context of agency implementation planning.

Publication Year 2019
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Explore workforce challenges in child welfare and highlight the urgent need to be brave in addressing those challenges.

Publication Year 2024
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Learn actionable ways to engage in authentic, nonexploitative storytelling practices with people with lived experience and expertise. 

Publication Year 2022
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Learn how child welfare organizations can create equity in the workforce. 

Publication Year 2022
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Learn about organizational capacity to assess readiness and how it impacts retention of people with lived expertise in child welfare agencies.
 

Publication Year 2024
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Hear a summary of the 2022 CWVE themes and learn strategies for moving forward with prioritizing lived expertise in child welfare. 

Publication Year 2022