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Podcast

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

Publication Year 2022
Podcast

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

Publication Year 2022
Podcast

Hear how sharing power begins with building trusting relationships.

Publication Year 2022
Podcast

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

Publication Year 2023
PDF

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

Publication Year 2024
PDF

Explore and discuss state performance on CFSR statewide data indicators.

Publication Year 2023
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
Video

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

Publication Year 2021
PDF

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

Publication Year 2022
PDF

Learn about the definition and calculation of the CFSR statewide data indicator permanency in 12 months for children in care 12 to 23 months.

Publication Year 2022
PDF

Learn about the definition and calculation of the CFSR statewide data indicator permanency in 12 months for children in care 24 months or more.

Publication Year 2022
PDF

Learn about the definition and calculation of the CFSR statewide data indicator permanency in 12 months for children entering care.

Publication Year 2022
PDF

Learn about the definition and calculation of the CFSR statewide data indicator placement stability.

Publication Year 2022
PDF

Find out where evidence-based programs and services are being implemented to prevent children from entering foster care.

Publication Year 2023
Infographic

Review the protective capacities and protective factors frameworks used to assess, intervene, and serve families.

Publication Year 2016