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

Publication Year 2021
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Discover strategies for using data to build evidence, engage youth, families, and other partners, and move toward racial equity in child welfare. ​

Publication Year 2021
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Explore the process of transitioning to a prevention-focused child welfare system from several perspectives, including those of a mother and son with lived experience and leaders who set the tone and direction for putting families at the center of child welfare work.

Publication Year 2021
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Explore how caseworkers, supervisors, and stakeholders can use data and feedback to improve child welfare practice. 

Publication Year 2021
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Explore actions that can lead to building authentic, collaborative, and prevention-focused child welfare systems.

Publication Year 2020
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This video highlights engagement as a caseworker visits a 16-year-old youth months after a placement.

Publication Year 2017
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This video highlights engagement as a caseworker visits with a resource parent shortly after child placement.

Publication Year 2017
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This video highlights engagement as the caseworker visits a mother after her children were removed from her home.

Publication Year 2017
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This video highlights engagement as the caseworker visits a father in the county jail after his children were removed from his home.

Publication Year 2017
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This video highlights engagement as a caseworker and supervisor work together on the family’s case.

Publication Year 2017
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Learn about the Collaborative and the work it does with agencies, Tribes, and courts to build capacity.

Publication Year 2016