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Collaborating to Collect and Use Data to Inform Quality Contacts

Learn effective strategies to collect, analyze, and use data related to caseworker visits.

Publication Year 2017
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Defining Quality Contacts

Learn about quality contacts, why they are important, and how an agency can successfully implement them.

Publication Year 2017
Webinar

Evidence-Based Practice Implementation: Responding to the Organizational and Workforce Challenges Recorded Webinar

Learn about research and practice insights for implementing evidence-based practices in child welfare systems.

Publication Year 2015
Webinar

Implementation Science in Action Recorded Webinar

Explore the practical application of implementation science in child welfare.

Publication Year 2015
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Strategic Planning in Child Welfare: Agency Process Alignment Toolkit

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

Publication Year 2024
Webinar

Using Continuous Quality Improvement to Strengthen Implementation Fidelity Recorded Webinar

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

Publication Year 2015
Infographic

Youth Engagement Blueprint [Infographic]

Illustrates the four thematic pillars necessary for organizational capacity supporting engagement with young people currently and formerly in foster care. Each of the four segments succinctly defines an element of organizational capacity building for youth engagement.

Publication Year 2021
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Youth Engagement Blueprint [Infographic]

Explore the four thematic pillars necessary for organizational capacity that supports engagement with young people currently and formerly in foster care.

Publication Year 2017
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Youth Engagement Blueprint Series: Implementing Flexible and Innovative Programs and Practices

Get practical guidance for building organizational capacity and for implementing flexible and innovate programs for youth engagement.

Publication Year 2017