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Identify data sources to explore agency responsiveness to the community.

Publication Year 2023
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Identify data sources to explore how well your state’s case review system is functioning.

Publication Year 2023
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Reflect on past results to inform plans for future improvements.

Publication Year 2022
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Access this project management resource to plan for the CFSR Statewide Assessment. 

Publication Year 2024
Video

Watch the Change and Implementation in Practice: Overview video to learn how key steps, tasks, and concepts fit together to support your agency’s change initiatives. 

Publication Year 2022
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Understand the role of coaching in supporting workers, including coaching functions, effectiveness, models, and strategies.

Publication Year 2017
Webinar

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

Publication Year 2022
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Use this presentation to follow along with the speakers as you watch the 2021 CWVE Session 4 webinar, Intentional Inclusion: Creating Equity in the Workplace. 

Publication Year 2021
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Identify data sources to explore your state’s system of foster and adoptive parent licensing, recruitment, and retention.

Publication Year 2023
Video

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

Publication Year 2021
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Identify data sources to explore how well your state’s quality assurance system is functioning.

Publication Year 2023
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Browse casework activities to use before, during, and after a caseworker visit with children, youth, and families.

Publication Year 2017
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Learn how supervisors and program managers can assist child welfare caseworkers in conducting quality visits with parents.

Publication Year 2017
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Explore resources related to Intentional Inclusion: Creating Equity in the Workplace video. 

Publication Year 2021
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Identify data sources to explore service array and resource development.

Publication Year 2023