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Video

Explores the fifth task of team building: guiding the change process by creating a detailed, comprehensive work plan based on the team charter that organizes the work through each step of the change and implementation process.

Publication Year 2018
Video

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.

Publication Year 2018
Video

Explores the first task of how to gather information on the problem statement, root cause(s), and target population and provides examples of how to apply strategies.

Publication Year 2018
PDF

Learn about the identified five dimensions of capacity, browse examples of each, and find out why each dimension is important to an organization.

Publication Year 2015
PDF

Learn effective strategies to collect, analyze, and use data related to caseworker visits.

Publication Year 2017
PDF

See how coordination can improve identification, reporting, and services for youth who are victims or at risk of becoming victims of sex trafficking.

Publication Year 2015
Video

Shares Stephen’s story about being a community-based provider and policymaker in Florida, the need for laws that empower caregiver decision-making, creating Florida’s reasonable and prudent parent standard (RPPS), and the effect RPPS and normalcy laws can have on foster care.

Publication Year 2016
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Presents how to conduct pilot testing for a new intervention.

Publication Year 2019
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Presents how teams can conduct usability testing, analyze results, and make adjustments to intervention implementation plans.

Publication Year 2019
PDF

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

Publication Year 2018
Webinar

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

Publication Year 2015
PDF

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.

Publication Year 2022
Video

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

Publication Year 2019
PDF

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.  

Publication Year 2018
PDF

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.

Publication Year 2019