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

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

Publication Year 2024
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Learn how implementation teams can assess readiness for change and implementation and support related planning.

Publication Year 2019
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Explore information and strategies for advancing racial equity through problem exploration.

Publication Year 2023
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Use this crosswalk to start thinking concretely about prevention planning as a change and implementation process. 

Publication Year 2021
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Learn about the identified five dimensions of capacity, browse examples of each, and find out why each dimension is important to an organization.

Publication Year 2015
Webinar

Available on CapLEARN; registration required.
Provides a broad overview of the Child Welfare Response to Child and Youth Sex Trafficking learning curriculum and explores how the curriculum could be integrated into agency training programs.

Publication Year 2015
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Learn effective strategies to collect, analyze, and use data related to caseworker visits.

Publication Year 2017
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See how coordination can improve identification, reporting, and services for youth who are victims or at risk of becoming victims of sex trafficking.

Publication Year 2015
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Learn about quality contacts, why they are important, and how an agency can successfully implement them.

Publication Year 2017
Webinar

Hear about the youth-led projects of the Division X Technical Assistance project in fiscal year 2022.

Publication Year 2022
Webinar

Hear how Division X Technical Assistance Targeted Assistance Projects (TAPs) helped child welfare agencies enhance policies and practices for youth and young adults.

Publication Year 2022
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Learn about research and practice insights for implementing evidence-based practices in child welfare systems.

Publication Year 2015