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Explore considerations for equitable, inclusive, and data-driven problem exploration.

Publication Year 2023
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Explore considerations for testing, piloting, and staging new programs and practices with attention to equity and inclusion. 

Publication Year 2023
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Explore considerations for monitoring and evaluating new interventions and applying findings to make adjustments aligned with equity and inclusion. 

Publication Year 2023
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Explore considerations for planning and building capacity for equitable implementation of new programs and practices. 

Publication Year 2023
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Explore considerations for convening a diverse team of partners, including people with lived expertise, to support equitable change and implementation efforts.

Publication Year 2023
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Explore considerations for collaboratively developing an equitable theory of change.

Publication Year 2023
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Explore considerations for selecting, designing, and adapting effective and equitable interventions. 

Publication Year 2023
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Consider whose perspectives are represented on your team. 

Publication Year 2024
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Explore information and strategies for advancing racial equity through problem exploration.

Publication Year 2023
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Learn how to engage young people and families with lived expertise in the CFSR process at a child welfare agency. 

Publication Year 2022
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Explore additional resources and learn strategies for moving forward with prioritizing lived expertise in child welfare.

Publication Year 2022
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Read about our new Young Adult Consultant team member, find helpful information about the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA), ways to engage persons with lived experience, and more!

Publication Year 2023
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Find information about the new CRP Peer Group lead, the NCRP Advisory Board update, communication tools for CRPs, and more.

Publication Year 2023
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Understand the role of coaching in supporting workers, including coaching functions, effectiveness, models, and strategies.

Publication Year 2017
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Hear a foster and adoptive father of African American boys talk about fighting cultural biases to support his sons’ well-being.

Publication Year 2023