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This video highlights the work of an Ohio kinship navigator and her experience supporting families as they navigate kinship care.

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Explore the types of simulation training available, the benefits, costs, and other considerations, when setting up a simulation training program.

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This video highlights the story of an Ohio kinship navigator and how she supports kinship families by identifying resources to support them as they navigate kinship care.

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Helps child welfare agencies respond to the need to alter practice and communication routines when “normal” child welfare services have been disrupted and better prepare agencies for future disruptions

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This video highlights the story of a kinship caregiver and how resources available to her family helped them achieve stability.

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This video highlights the story of a case manager for the South Carolina Department of Social Services and her work identifying and licensing kinship caregivers for children in care.

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This video highlights the story of a grandmother's experience as a kinship caregiver and her work managing the Kinship Connections peer mentor program in Rhode Island.

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Explore workforce challenges in child welfare and highlight the urgent need to be brave in addressing those challenges.

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Explore additional resources to learn actionable ways to engage in authentic, nonexploitative storytelling practices with people with lived experience and expertise.

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Explore additional resources to learn actionable ways to engage in authentic, nonexploitative storytelling practices with people with lived experience and expertise.

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Learn actionable ways to engage in authentic, nonexploitative storytelling practices with people with lived experience and expertise. 

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

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

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This video highlights the story of a kinship navigator in Rhode Island and how her own lived experience as a kinship caregiver supports kinship families.

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Explore additional resources to learn how incorporating voices of lived experience can help improve child welfare services.