Learn how people with lived expertise have used their experiences to advocate for changes in approach, practice, and policy in child welfare. 

Explore ways to increase commitment to partnering with people with lived expertise in child welfare.

Hear a summary of the 2022 CWVE themes and learn strategies for moving forward with prioritizing lived expertise in child welfare. 

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

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

Learn about the challenges of engaging difficult-to-reach populations of youth and young adults. 

Learn about the value of kinship placements when children and youth must live outside their birth parents’ homes. 

Learn how to engage young people and families with lived expertise in the CFSR process at a child welfare agency. 

Learn strategies for accurately and safely collecting data on LGBTQIA2S+ youth and young adults.

Explore strategies to engage individuals with lived experience as advisors for groups, committees, boards, and more. 

Use this discussion guide with the CWVE 2022 videos to view a description of each topic, access individual reflection questions to facilitate personal, on-demand learning, and explore conversation starters and team activities with child welfare staff and collaborative partners.   

Reflect on past results to inform plans for future improvements.

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

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

Use the guide and digital stories from this library with teams and individuals to advocate, inspire, support, recruit, train, and coach towards a better child welfare system.