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Examines the tasks of sharing findings and recommendations to inform stakeholders of the implementation progress, guide decision-making about the future of the intervention, support advocating for resources, and expand the knowledge base.

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Examines how teams can identify questions to help guide monitoring and evaluation, shape the data that are collected and analyzed, and support evaluation partners in developing research questions.

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Review the protective capacities and protective factors frameworks used to assess, intervene, and serve families.

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

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

Webinar

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

Webinar

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

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

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Explore models and approaches for targeting safety outcomes.

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). 

Webinar

​​Examine how implementation science principles can be applied to decisions about staging and scaling up new programs and practices at a child welfare agency.​ 

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Explore coaching steps and tips supervisors can use to help workers strengthen skills and meet goals.

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Learn to prepare transgender children and youth for court and support them in the courtroom.

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Learn a research-informed framework for agencies to explore implementation of CQI systems across seven areas, including leadership support and modeling, staff and stakeholder engagement, communication, administrative structure, use of quality data, case record review process, and application of CQI findings.

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Listen in as parents and workers share their perspectives on the value of and approaches to improving comprehensive assessment of parents.