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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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This guide is designed to support administrative leaders in states and other jurisdictions in using data to assess and identify ways to improve their service array.

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Discover how to examine and drill down into state data to build understanding of what’s happening in your child welfare system.

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Use this assessment tool to identify strengths and areas for growth to enhance your team’s psychological safety.
 

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Explore information and strategies for advancing racial equity through problem exploration.

Webinar

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

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Build a common understanding of Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) best practices and learn how your CQI team can apply those practices as your agency works to strengthen families, deliver equitable services, and build more resilient communities.

Podcast

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

Podcast

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

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Hear how sharing power begins with building trusting relationships.

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Hear a father and an agency administrator talk about what needs to be in place to make family engagement easier.

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Explore concepts, terms, and foundational information about psychological safety on child welfare teams.

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Explore and discuss state performance on CFSR statewide data indicators.

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.

Video

Watch this recorded webinar to learn how other jurisdictions encourage kinship care placements and then discuss kinship support with your team.

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Learn about the definition and calculation of the CFSR statewide data indicator maltreatment in foster care.