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Learn about the range of practices comprising the continuum of youth engagement to youth empowerment.

Publication Year 2023
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Identify data sources to explore agency responsiveness to the community.

Publication Year 2023
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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.

Publication Year 2023
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Explore how data reported in AFCARS about youth who run away from state custody can be used to inform interventions.

Publication Year 2015
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Explore additional resources for engaging individuals with lived experience as advisors for groups, committees, boards, and more.

Publication Year 2023
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Explore additional resources to learn how to accurately and safely collecting data on LGBTQIA2S+ youth and young adults.

Publication Year 2023
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Explore opportunities and lessons learned from the implementation of Division X of the Supporting Foster Youth and Families Through the Pandemic Act, P.L. 116–260.

Publication Year 2023
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Identify data sources to explore how well your state’s case review system is functioning.

Publication Year 2023
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Consider whose perspectives are represented on your team. 

Publication Year 2024
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Better understand your state’s performance on statewide data indicators related to the safety and permanency of children served by the child welfare system. 

Publication Year 2021
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Explore additional resources and learn strategies for moving forward with prioritizing lived expertise in child welfare.

Publication Year 2022
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Understand the role of coaching in supporting workers, including coaching functions, effectiveness, models, and strategies.

Publication Year 2017
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Learn solid strategies for understanding and implementing the trauma-informed care provisions of the FFPSA.

Publication Year 2021
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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
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Find information about using collaborative practices and models across human service systems to better serve families dealing with co-occurring issues.

Publication Year 2017