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The Power of Feedback: Being a Vocal Participant in the Process, Elevating the Voices of the Workforce, Children, Youth, Families, and Communities Presentation

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Use this presentation to follow along with the speakers as you watch the 2021 Child Welfare Virtual Expo Session 2 webinar, Using Data and Evaluation to Advance Racial Equity in Child Welfare.

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​Use this presentation to follow along with the speakers as you watch the 2021 Child Welfare Virtual Expo Session 2A webinar, “We See It, We Know It, and Now We Must Do Something About It”: Working Together to Reduce Inequity.

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​Use this presentation to follow along with the speakers as you watch the 2021 Child Welfare Virtual Expo Session 2B webinar, Exploring the Use of Data to Tell Stories of Inequities.

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Use this presentation to follow along with the speakers as you watch the 2021 Child Welfare Virtual Expo Session 2C webinar, Co-Creating Race Equity Tools: Practical Strategies for Evaluation and Continuous Quality Improvement Efforts.

Podcast

Listen to child welfare agency leaders in the District of Columbia talk about how they work with partners to use their different data lenses to understand the needs of families and to structure a set of services to best meet the full spectrum of needs. In Kentucky, child welfare agency leaders describe the process of finding the story behind the numbers to transform their system.

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Learn about quality contacts, why they are important, and how an agency can successfully implement them.

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Explore strategies for developing a comprehensive community prevention framework across all levels of prevention.

Webinar

Hear about the youth-led projects of the Division X Technical Assistance project in fiscal year 2022.

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Examine new software and technology innovations, which provide better, more integrated services and cut costs for states and jurisdictions.

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Learn about research and practice insights for implementing evidence-based practices in child welfare systems.

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

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Get tips, guidance, and information about the CQI system assessment and implementation process, and learn how the Center helps agencies build capacity.

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Identify data sources to explore your state’s system of foster and adoptive parent licensing, recruitment, and retention.

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Examines why teams should research possible intervention options, how to look for a wide variety of potential options, and what supporting evidence to look for in researching possible solutions.