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Use this presentation to follow along with the speakers as you watch the 2021 Child Welfare Virtual Expo Session 1 webinar, Understanding the Past to Build a New Future: Advancing Racial Equity for Children, Youth, and Families.

Publication Year 2021
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Explore resources related to Intentional Inclusion: Creating Equity in the Workplace video. 

Publication Year 2021
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Use this presentation to follow along with the speakers as you watch the 2021 Child Welfare Virtual Expo Session 2 webinar, Using Data and Evaluation to Advance Racial Equity in Child Welfare.

Publication Year 2021
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Explore strategies to help child welfare organizations create equity in the workplace. 

Publication Year 2021
Video

Learn about the Children’s Bureau’s commitment to racial and other equity in its work and the actions the Children’s Bureau is taking to advance racial equity in child welfare. 

Publication Year 2021
Webinar

Watch this video to learn how community-based partnerships strengthen families and see what jurisdictions are doing to build lines of collaboration and trust.

Publication Year 2021
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Provides concise information on the organization of the Coping With Disasters and Strengthening Systems series resources and offers suggestions for using the resources alone or together to help agencies develop, refine, and implement effective disaster plans.

Publication Year 2021
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This useful matrix and tool can help agency disaster planning teams respond to common disaster impacts and plan for them going forward.

Publication Year 2021
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Learn how child welfare agencies can transfer select operations online and out of a central worksite.

Publication Year 2020
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). 

Publication Year 2019
Webinar

Get practical information about supporting coordinated strategic and long-term planning.

Publication Year 2019
Webinar

See how staff can boost their knowledge and skills for engaging families, community providers, and others.

Publication Year 2019
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Learn how supervisors and program managers can assist child welfare caseworkers in conducting quality visits with parents.

Publication Year 2017
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Understand the role of coaching in supporting workers, including coaching functions, effectiveness, models, and strategies.

Publication Year 2017
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Browse casework activities to use before, during, and after a caseworker visit with children, youth, and families.

Publication Year 2017