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Access this project management resource to plan for the CFSR Statewide Assessment. 

Publication Year 2024
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Explore considerations for testing, piloting, and staging new programs and practices with attention to equity and inclusion. 

Publication Year 2023
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Explore considerations for monitoring and evaluating new interventions and applying findings to make adjustments aligned with equity and inclusion. 

Publication Year 2023
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Explore considerations for planning and building capacity for equitable implementation of new programs and practices. 

Publication Year 2023
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Explore considerations for equitable, inclusive, and data-driven problem exploration.

Publication Year 2023
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Explore considerations for convening a diverse team of partners, including people with lived expertise, to support equitable change and implementation efforts.

Publication Year 2023
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Explore considerations for collaboratively developing an equitable theory of change.

Publication Year 2023
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Explore considerations for selecting, designing, and adapting effective and equitable interventions. 

Publication Year 2023
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Explore considerations for assessing readiness as part of an equitable and inclusive change and implementation process. 

Publication Year 2023
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Watch the Change and Implementation in Practice: Overview video to learn how key steps, tasks, and concepts fit together to support your agency’s change initiatives. 

Publication Year 2022
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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.

Publication Year 2018
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Explore information and strategies for advancing racial equity through problem exploration.

Publication Year 2023
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Introduces the fourth task of team building: developing a team communication plan and external communication strategy. This module helps teams clarify protocols for the flow and methods of communication and to define roles and responsibilities in the communication structure.

Publication Year 2018
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Examines why teams should understand the factors influencing readiness, use a structured approach to develop and conduct readiness assessments, and analyze results. This video helps teams understand what needs to be in place before assessing readiness and sets up teams for success as part of a change and implementation process at a child welfare agency.

Publication Year 2018
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Consider whose perspectives are represented on your team. 

Publication Year 2024