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PDF

Learn common CFSR terms and acronyms.

Publication Year 2024
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Combine lived expertise with agency perspectives to better understand state child welfare data.

Publication Year 2024
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Access this project management resource to plan for the CFSR Statewide Assessment. 

Publication Year 2024
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Find meaningful and actionable connections among your agency’s strategic planning, review, and CQI efforts using this toolkit.

Publication Year 2024
Webinar

​Learn from people with lived experience about the impact of kinship care on children in the child welfare system.

Publication Year 2022
Video

Explore ways that jurisdictions can integrate strategies to promote equity in continuous quality improvement (CQI) and evaluation efforts. 

Publication Year 2021
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Explore this tip sheet to learn about child welfare agency and court responsibilities related to APPLA provisions and strategies to achieve permanency.

Publication Year 2017
Video

Learn about the Collaborative and the work it does with agencies, Tribes, and courts to build capacity.

Publication Year 2016
Webinar

Explore the Center’s Focused Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Services training curriculum and learn more about how it can be used to support a team’s CQI goals.

Publication Year 2016
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Understand the principles underlying service provisioning for the Collaborative, in addition to goals, audiences, objectives, and examples.

Publication Year 2015
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Learn about Child Welfare Capacity Building Collaborative's evidence-informed approach to the change and implementation process.

Publication Year 2015
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Learn about the identified five dimensions of capacity, browse examples of each, and find out why each dimension is important to an organization.

Publication Year 2015
Webinar

Discover the key components of the Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Training Academy.

Publication Year 2015
Webinar

Learn how continuous quality improvement (CQI) processes can improve implementation fidelity and enhance program outcomes at a child welfare agency.

Publication Year 2015