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Webinar

Racial Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Continuous Quality Improvement, Part I: Youth and Family Engagement Strategies in CQI and Data Exploration

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

Webinar

Racial Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Continuous Quality Improvement, Part II: Advancing Equity Through Data Exploration

Learn sound methods for integrating a focus on race equity in data analysis and CQI. 

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Ronda’s Story

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.

Webinar

State Team Planning National Meeting Archived Webinar

Explore how child welfare agencies, legal and judicial stakeholders, prevention partners, and communities can work together to build prevention-focused systems, starting with jurisdictions' 2020–24 Child and Family Services Plans (CFSPs). 

Video

Teresa's Story (2022)

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.

Video

Tish's Story

This video highlights the story of a family specialist in Ohio and her experience working with families to successfully place children with kin.

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Vashti’s Story

This video highlights the story of a kinship specialist with the New York City Children’s Services and how she collaborates with fellow child welfare agencies in identifying kinship guardians to result in successful kin placement.