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Explore innovative programs and strategies that child welfare professionals can use to support reunification and emphasize caregiver and parent voice.

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

Webinar

Explore the benefits of reunification and post-reunification supports and how these strategies help prevent reentry into foster care. 

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

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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.

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

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Identify data sources to explore service array and resource development.

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

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

Video

Recorded webinar of youth with lived expertise and child and family serving agency leaders discussing strategies to support meaningful youth engagement and integrating family and youth voices at individual, practice, and system levels.

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Use this brief to explore actionable strategies for meaningful partner engagement in child welfare agency strategic planning, monitoring, and review processes.

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Explore strategies to recruit and support caregivers, strengthen their voices, and work together with them to meet the needs of children and youth.

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

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Explore tools and resources that can help states plan for family-strengthening activities aligned with the FFPSA and prevention-oriented collaboration strategies.