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Setting the Stage: Creating the Space for People With Lived Expertise to Thrive Sample Scenario

Discover ways to effectively integrate people with lived expertise into the child welfare workforce. 

Publication Year 2022
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CWVE 2021 Session 3A Presentation

Use this presentation to follow along with the speakers as you watch the 2021 CWVE Session 3A webinar, Co-Creating Race Equity Tools: Practical Strategies for Evaluation and Continuous Quality Improvement Efforts.

Publication Year 2021
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CWVE 2021 Session 3B Presentation

Use this presentation to follow along with the speakers as you watch the 2021 CWVE Session 3B webinar, Culturally Responsive Engagement and Partnership.

Publication Year 2021
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CWVE 2021 Session 3 Presentation

Use this presentation to follow along with the speakers as you watch the 2021 CWVE Session 3 webinar, From Understanding to Action: Shifting Power Dynamics to Advance Race Equity. 

Publication Year 2021
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Resource List: Culturally Responsive Engagement and Partnership

Explore resources related to Culturally Responsive Engagement and Partnership video.

Publication Year 2021
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Resource List: From Understanding to Action: Shifting Power Dynamics to Advance Race Equity

Publication Year 2021
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CWVE 2021 Session 3A Resource List

Explore this Resource List to see resources related to CWVE 2021 Session 3A, Co-Creating Equitable Child Welfare Policies and Practice.

Publication Year 2021
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Resource List: Effectively Engaging Fathers of Color

Explore resources related to Effectively Engaging Fathers of Color video. 

Publication Year 2021
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Building Capacity to Address Common Challenges

Use this tool with your prevention planning team to prepare for and tackle the adaptive challenges that many states face as they develop and implement prevention plans. 

Publication Year 2021
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Change and Implementation Prevention Planning Crosswalk

Use this crosswalk to start thinking concretely about prevention planning as a change and implementation process. 

Publication Year 2021
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Visioning for Prevention: Leading the Charge for Transformation Advice Reel Podcast

Hear practical advice about transforming partnerships from the team implementing a holistic prevention program in North Carolina in this short podcast.

Publication Year 2021
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Supporting Transgender Children and Youth Involved in the Court System

Learn to prepare transgender children and youth for court and support them in the courtroom.

Publication Year 2021
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Visioning for Prevention: Conversation Starters

Engage staff and partners with activities in this guide to start a dialogue and create a vision for a more prevention-focused child welfare system.

Publication Year 2021
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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.

Publication Year 2019
Podcast

Including Family, Youth, and Community Voice at the System Level: Episode 3

Explore the efforts agencies, community collaborative organizations, and others are making to bring families, youth, and communities to the table as they strive to improve the child welfare system in this podcast. 

Publication Year 2019