Build skills in community engagement in quality improvement and enhanced data exploration. 

Learn about the definition and calculation of the CFSR statewide data indicator recurrence of maltreatment.

Learn about the definition and calculation of the CFSR statewide data indicator reentry to foster care.

Explore resources related to the Co-Creating Race Equity Tools: Practical Strategies for Evaluation and Continuous Quality Improvement Efforts video.

Explore resources related to the Exploring the Use of Data to Tell Stories of Inequities video.

Explore resources related to Intentional Inclusion: Creating Equity in the Workplace video. 

Explore resources related to the Using Data and Evaluation to Advance Racial Equity in Child Welfare video.

Explore resources related to “We See It, We Know It, and Now We Must Do Something About It”: Working Together to Reduce Inequity video.

The video highlights the story of a kinship caregiver and how becoming a licensed foster parent working with social services and her local child welfare agency resulted in better support and resources.

Identify data sources to explore service array and resource development.

Identify data sources to explore functioning of staff and provider training.

Identify data sources to explore how well your state’s statewide information system is functioning.

Use this brief to explore actionable strategies for meaningful partner engagement in child welfare agency strategic planning, monitoring, and review processes.

Explore tips and strategies to effectively engage and sustain the involvement of families and youth at the agency level. 

This video highlights the story of a school social worker in Rhode Island and her experience becoming a foster parent to a student who did not have a relative placement.