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Webinar

CQI Training Academy: Making It Work For You Recorded Webinar

Discover the key components of the Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Training Academy.

Publication Year 2015
Podcast

Data Sharing for Planning and Decision-Making: Episode 5

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.

Publication Year 2020
Webinar

Developing Trusting Partnerships and Collaborating to Strengthen Families

Watch this video to learn how community-based partnerships strengthen families and see what jurisdictions are doing to build lines of collaboration and trust.

Publication Year 2021
Webinar

Introduction to Focused CQI Services Recorded Webinar

Explore the Center’s Focused Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Services training curriculum and learn more about how it can be used to support a team’s CQI goals.

Publication Year 2016
Webinar

Racial Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Continuous Quality Improvement, Part I: Youth and Family Engagement Strategies in CQI and Data Exploration

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

Publication Year 2022
Webinar

Racial Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Continuous Quality Improvement, Part II: Advancing Equity Through Data Exploration

Learn sound methods for integrating a focus on race equity in data analysis and CQI. 

Publication Year 2022
Webinar

Using Continuous Quality Improvement to Strengthen Implementation Fidelity Recorded Webinar

Learn how continuous quality improvement (CQI) processes can improve implementation fidelity and enhance program outcomes at a child welfare agency.

Publication Year 2015