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Authentic Youth and Family Engagement: Deploying Individuals With Lived Experience as Advisors

Explore strategies to engage individuals with lived experience as advisors for groups, committees, boards, and more. 

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Authentic Youth and Family Engagement: Deploying Individuals With Lived Experience as Advisors Resource List

Explore additional resources for engaging individuals with lived experience as advisors for groups, committees, boards, and more.

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Beyond the Numbers, Get to Know the Person in Front of You: LGBTQIA2S+ Youth and Families Resource List

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

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Beyond the Numbers, Get to Know the Person in Front of You: LGBTQIA2S+ Youth and Families

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

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Building Our Child Welfare System Together Infographic

Browse the themes and key takeaways from the How We Partner With the Community to Improve Service Options podcast series.

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Building Sustainable Change With Youth and Young Adults

Learn about the practice and systemic changes Hawaii, Indiana, and Westchester County, NY, made in partnership with their youth and young adult partners.

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Capacity Building for Innovation in Child Welfare

Examine current research and how best to build organizational capacity in five areas, and learn about possible challenges and solutions.

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CFSR Connections and Integration Tool

Reflect on past results to inform plans for future improvements.

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Change and Implementation in Practice: Theory of Change, Module 5 Video

Presents the fifth task, documenting assumptions and rationale, and provides examples of how to apply strategies. A clear, concise narrative can help to engage stakeholders, decision makers and potential funders in future steps to address the root cause and problems identified.

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Change and Implementation in Practice: Readiness Assessment Tool

Learn how implementation teams can assess readiness for change and implementation and support related planning.

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Change and Implementation in Practice: Theory of Change Brief

Learn about theory of change and why it is critical to implementing effective changes to improve outcomes. 

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Change and Implementation in Practice: Teaming Worksheets

Consider whose perspectives are represented on your team. 

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Change and Implementation in Practice: Theory of Change, Module 1 Video

Explores the first task of how to gather information on the problem statement, root cause(s), and target population and provides examples of how to apply strategies.

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Change and Implementation in Practice: Theory of Change, Module 2 Video

Presents the second task, identifying a long-term outcome, and provides examples of how to apply strategies. Identifying a long-term outcome that is specific, achievable, and understandable helps teams establish a goal that is focused, feasible, and clear.

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Change and Implementation in Practice: Overview Video

Watch the Change and Implementation in Practice: Overview video to learn how key steps, tasks, and concepts fit together to support your agency’s change initiatives.