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A Tool for Youth Engagement and Empowerment

Learn about the range of practices comprising the continuum of youth engagement to youth empowerment.

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Building on the Lessons Learned From Division X Implementation

Explore opportunities and lessons learned from the implementation of Division X of the Supporting Foster Youth and Families Through the Pandemic Act, P.L. 116–260.

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Building Sustainable Change With Youth and Young Adults

Learn about the practice and systemic changes Hawaii, Indiana, and Westchester County, NY, made in partnership with their youth and young adult partners.

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Capacity Building for Innovation in Child Welfare

Examine current research and how best to build organizational capacity in five areas, and learn about possible challenges and solutions.

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Change and Implementation at a Glance: Monitoring, Evaluating, and Applying Findings

Explore considerations for monitoring and evaluating new interventions and applying findings to make adjustments aligned with equity and inclusion. 

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Change and Implementation at a Glance: Problem Exploration

Explore considerations for equitable, inclusive, and data-driven problem exploration.

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Change and Implementation at a Glance: Implementation Planning and Capacity Building

Explore considerations for planning and building capacity for equitable implementation of new programs and practices. 

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Change and Implementation at a Glance: Teaming

Explore considerations for convening a diverse team of partners, including people with lived expertise, to support equitable change and implementation efforts.

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Change and Implementation at a Glance: Theory of Change

Explore considerations for collaboratively developing an equitable theory of change.

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Change and Implementation at a Glance: Intervention Selection and Design/Adaptation Resources

Explore considerations for selecting, designing, and adapting effective and equitable interventions. 

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Change and Implementation at a Glance: Readiness

Explore considerations for assessing readiness as part of an equitable and inclusive change and implementation process. 

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Change and Implementation at a Glance: Intervention Testing, Piloting, and Staging

Explore considerations for testing, piloting, and staging new programs and practices with attention to equity and inclusion. 

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Change and Implementation in Practice: Intervention Selection and Design/Adaptation Brief

Learn to select, design, or adapt an intervention to address an identified problem.

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Change and Implementation in Practice: Theory of Change, Module 4 Video

Presents the fifth task, documenting assumptions and rationale, and provides examples of how to apply strategies. A clear, concise narrative can help to engage stakeholders, decision makers and potential funders in future steps to address the root cause and problems identified.

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Change and Implementation in Practice: Theory of Change, Module 5 Video

Presents the fifth task, documenting assumptions and rationale, and provides examples of how to apply strategies. A clear, concise narrative can help to engage stakeholders, decision makers and potential funders in future steps to address the root cause and problems identified.