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The Center for States provides research assistance and responds to information requests on building capacity in child welfare.

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Explore how child welfare leaders and decision makers can communicate data effectively. 

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Explore additional resources to learn about key considerations to sustain research and evaluation partnerships with people with lived expertise and minimize harm. 

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Learn about key considerations to sustain research and evaluation partnerships with people with lived expertise and minimize harm. 

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Explore how having access to the right information at the right time can improve assessment and decision-making at the child/family level, and how aggregate data can be used to support system improvements. 

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Explore tips to help promote youth mental health and wellness services, jurisdictional highlights, and links to relevant resources and tools.

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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. ​

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Ensure that youth and young adults exiting foster care can obtain their vital documents before transitioning from foster care.

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Use the guide and digital stories from this library with teams and individuals to advocate, inspire, support, recruit, train, and coach towards a better child welfare system. 

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

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Discover strategies for partnering with noncustodial fathers and paternal family members in child welfare. 

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Explore additional resources to discover strategies for partnering with noncustodial fathers and paternal family members in child welfare. 

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

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Illustrates the four thematic pillars necessary for organizational capacity supporting engagement with young people currently and formerly in foster care. Each of the four segments succinctly defines an element of organizational capacity building for youth engagement.

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Explore the four thematic pillars necessary for organizational capacity that supports engagement with young people currently and formerly in foster care.

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Learn how to build capacity in each of four component areas to promote a culture and climate that encourages youth engagement at all levels of an organization.