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Exploring the Use of Data to Tell Stories of Inequities 

Learn how to effectively present data in digestible and actionable ways that lead to real change.

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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. 

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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.

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Guide for Using the State Data Profile and Context Data

Explore and discuss state performance on CFSR statewide data indicators.

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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.

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Having the Normalcy Conversation: Sample Agenda

Learn to facilitate a normalcy conversation and to promote normal and developmentally appropriate experiences for youth in foster care.

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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.

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Helping LGBTQ Families Navigate the Child Welfare System

Learn how to create an agency organizational culture that is inclusive and knowledgeable about the unique needs of LGBTQ children, youth, and families.

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Instructions and Tips for Running the CFSR Round 4 Statewide Data Indicators Syntax

Learn to use the CFSR Round 4 SPSS syntax to calculate observed performance for a state on all or selected statewide data indicators.

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Inventory of Innovations: Data and Child Welfare

Learn about applications that can make information gathering more efficient, increase useful data, and help you better understand those you serve. 

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Kinship Family: You Get a Call, Do You Want These Kids?

Bruce and Brenda have been married for 33 years and have four daughters. From 2006 to 2009, they provided a kinship placement for their four grandchildren. In 2010, the couple adopted Bruce (now 18 years old), Tre’Nae (now 15 years old), Mason (now 13 years old), and Kiaunna (now 10 years old).

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Listen, Engage, and Reflect: How to Authentically and Respectfully Engage Individuals With Lived Expertise in Storytelling Tip Sheet

Explore additional resources to learn actionable ways to engage in authentic, nonexploitative storytelling practices with people with lived experience and expertise.

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Listen, Engage, and Reflect: How to Authentically and Respectfully Engage Individuals With Lived Expertise in Storytelling Resource List

Explore additional resources to learn actionable ways to engage in authentic, nonexploitative storytelling practices with people with lived experience and expertise.

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Listen, Engage, and Reflect: How to Authentically and Respectfully Engage Individuals With Lived Experience in Storytelling Practices

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

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Living Leadership: Valuing Our Lived Expertise

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