Presents factors that may impact plans to conduct an assessment, how teams can clearly communicate the need for the readiness assessment, and what teams need to consider before conducting an assessment.

Presents the second task, identifying a long-term outcome, and provides examples of how to apply strategies. Identifying a long-term outcome that is specific, achievable, and understandable helps teams establish a goal that is focused, feasible, and clear.

Explores how the factors of motivation, general capacity, and intervention-specific capacity influence agency readiness for change. This video provides examples of and considerations for conducting readiness assessments.

Explores the first task of team building: identifying the team’s purpose by developing mission goals and objectives. This module helps the team write a mission statement as part of a change and implementation process at a child welfare agency.

Better understand your state’s performance on statewide data indicators related to the safety and permanency of children served by the child welfare system. 

Learn about the Children’s Bureau’s commitment to racial and other equity in its work and the actions the Children’s Bureau is taking to advance racial equity in child welfare. 

Explore ways that jurisdictions can integrate strategies to promote equity in continuous quality improvement (CQI) and evaluation efforts. 

Presents how to conduct pilot testing for a new intervention.

Presents how teams can conduct usability testing, analyze results, and make adjustments to intervention implementation plans.

Learn solid strategies for understanding and implementing the trauma-informed care provisions of the FFPSA.

Get guidance for completing the CQI self-assessment instrument, see suggested sources for local assessment data, and learn to rate assessment results.

Explores the planning task of creating a usability testing plan to try critical intervention components and implementation procedures to see how they work.

Find information about using collaborative practices and models across human service systems to better serve families dealing with co-occurring issues.

Use this discussion guide with the Fostering a Healthy Workforce videos to access a description of each topic, individual and group reflection questions to facilitate on-demand learning, and an action-planning tool for teams to bring knowledge into action.  

The Center for States’ virtual Exhibit Hall booth features several products that focus on workforce development, including a variety of publications, videos, and learning experiences to help agencies foster healthy and supportive environments for child welfare professionals.