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Explore additional resources to learn how child welfare organizations can create equity in the workforce. 

Publication Year 2022
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Learn how child welfare organizations can create equity in the workforce. 

Publication Year 2022
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Tells the story of the relationship between a youth in foster care and a BraveLife peer navigator. Both talk about the personal sharing and mutual trust that have forged a connection that will last a lifetime.

Publication Year 2021
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Review the protective capacities and protective factors frameworks used to assess, intervene, and serve families.

Publication Year 2016
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Explore resources related to Effectively Engaging Fathers of Color video. 

Publication Year 2021
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Browse a list of organizations that offer training activities with defined learning objectives, including self-paced e-learnings, webinars, or videos.

Publication Year 2021
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See how listening and relatability helped build trust between a youth and his attorney.

Publication Year 2021
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Underscores the importance of consistency and encouragement in trusting relationships. A Fostering Success peer mentor gave impactful advice to the youth she mentored: Stop listening to the people who don’t believe in you.

Publication Year 2021
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Explore additional resources to help effectively integrate lived experts into the child welfare workforce. 

Publication Year 2022
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Explore additional resources for effectively integrating lived experts into the child welfare workforce. 

Publication Year 2022
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Discover strategies to effectively integrate people with lived expertise into the child welfare workforce.

Publication Year 2022
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Discover ways to effectively integrate people with lived expertise into the child welfare workforce. 

Publication Year 2022
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Explore models and approaches for targeting safety outcomes.

Publication Year 2017