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Combine lived expertise with agency perspectives to better understand state child welfare data.

Publication Year 2024
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Identify data sources to explore functioning of staff and provider training.

Publication Year 2023
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Set the groundwork for meaningful engagement of people with lived experience in the CFSR.

Publication Year 2023
Podcast

Hear how sharing power begins with building trusting relationships.

Publication Year 2022
Podcast

Hear about the experiences of sharing power between a child welfare agency leader in Nevada and a young adult with lived expertise.

Publication Year 2022
Video

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

Publication Year 2022
Video

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

Publication Year 2022
Video

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

Publication Year 2022
Webinar

Build skills in community engagement in quality improvement and enhanced data exploration. 

Publication Year 2022
Podcast

Meet the series cohosts as they talk about sharing lived expertise and power with child welfare agency leaders and staff.

Publication Year 2022
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Explore additional resources to learn how child welfare organizations can create equity in the workforce. 

Publication Year 2022
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Explore additional resources for effectively integrating lived experts into the child welfare workforce. 

Publication Year 2022
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Explore additional resources to help effectively integrate lived experts into the child welfare workforce. 

Publication Year 2022
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Discover ways to effectively integrate people with lived expertise into the child welfare workforce. 

Publication Year 2022
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Use this presentation to follow along with the speakers as you watch the 2021 CWVE Session 4 webinar, Intentional Inclusion: Creating Equity in the Workplace. 

Publication Year 2021