Explore how frontline child welfare professionals can use data and evidence in their everyday practice. 

Explore how child welfare leaders, managers, and supervisors can motivate their staff to use data and evidence in their everyday practice. 

Learn about Child Welfare Capacity Building Collaborative's evidence-informed approach to the change and implementation process.

Examine current research and how best to build organizational capacity in five areas, and learn about possible challenges and solutions.

Learn how implementation teams can assess readiness for change and implementation and support related planning.

Use this crosswalk to start thinking concretely about prevention planning as a change and implementation process. 

Learn about quality contacts, why they are important, and how an agency can successfully implement them.

Explore strategies for developing a comprehensive community prevention framework across all levels of prevention.

Learn about research and practice insights for implementing evidence-based practices in child welfare systems.

Explore the role of all staff as discerning consumers of evidence. Learn how data and information from children, youth, and families can be used to inform practice at every level of the organization. 

Read recent research on child welfare workforce management, including recruitment and retention, professional development, and organizational culture.

Browse a list of organizations that offer training activities with defined learning objectives, including self-paced e-learnings, webinars, or videos.

Learn how continuous quality improvement (CQI) processes can improve implementation fidelity and enhance program outcomes at a child welfare agency.

Learn about the Indiana Department of Child Services’ upstream prevention approach to training and development, expanding the service array, and collaborating with system partners and providers in this recorded webinar.

Engage staff and partners with activities in this guide to start a dialogue and create a vision for a more prevention-focused child welfare system.