Learn about the range of practices comprising the continuum of youth engagement to youth empowerment.

Identify data sources to explore agency responsiveness to the community.

Explore additional resources for engaging individuals with lived experience as advisors for groups, committees, boards, and more.

Explore additional resources to learn how to accurately and safely collecting data on LGBTQIA2S+ youth and young adults.

Explore opportunities and lessons learned from the implementation of Division X of the Supporting Foster Youth and Families Through the Pandemic Act, P.L. 116–260.

Explore how child welfare professionals and organizations can build capacity for implementing the reasonable and prudent parent standard (RPPS) for children and youth in foster care. 

Learn about the practice and systemic changes Hawaii, Indiana, and Westchester County, NY, made in partnership with their youth and young adult partners.

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

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

Consider whose perspectives are represented on your team. 

Explore additional resources and learn strategies for moving forward with prioritizing lived expertise in child welfare.

Find the eligibility requirements of the Children’s Justice Act Grant and the roles and responsibilities of Grantees.

Use this presentation to follow along with the speakers as you watch the 2021 CWVE Session 3 webinar, From Understanding to Action: Shifting Power Dynamics to Advance Race Equity. 

Use this presentation to follow along with the speakers as you watch the 2021 CWVE Session 3A webinar, Co-Creating Race Equity Tools: Practical Strategies for Evaluation and Continuous Quality Improvement Efforts.

Explore this Resource List to see resources related to CWVE 2021 Session 3A, Co-Creating Equitable Child Welfare Policies and Practice.