Explores the tasks of determining the “big picture” objectives and scope of evaluation efforts and assessing the agency’s capacity to conduct rigorous fidelity assessments, formative evaluations, or summative evaluations.

Describes the task of analyzing costs to satisfy funding requirements; support decision-making around intervention selection, testing, and piloting; and plan for scaling up and sustainability.

Presents how teams can develop a visual logic model that shows inputs, activities, outputs, and outcomes needed for the evaluation plan in a structured format to guide the work.

Identify data sources to explore how well your state’s quality assurance system is functioning.

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

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

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

Identify data sources to explore service array and resource development.

Identify data sources to explore functioning of staff and provider training.

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). 

Identify data sources to explore how well your state’s statewide information system is functioning.

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

Get an overview of the issues related to the physical and emotional safety of child welfare workers.

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.

Use the integrated Theory of Change video workbook to record your questions and ideas for changing practice, which you can then use to apply the theory of change development process at your agency.