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

Publication Year 2024
Video

A look at strategies, initiatives, and frameworks that infuse racial equity into everyday operations in the child welfare system.

Publication Year 2024
Video

Learn about organizational capacity to assess readiness and how it impacts retention of people with lived expertise in child welfare agencies.
 

Publication Year 2024
Video

 Watch as staff from the Fairfax County (Virginia) Department of Family Services share their journey from development to implementation of a clinical supervision program.

Publication Year 2024
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Watch a discussion on focusing on job-specific skills (instead of best practices culture), training in a virtual environment, and integrating racial equity across child welfare training.

Publication Year 2024
Video

Explore the benefits of and strategies for recruiting and integrating people with lived expertise into the child welfare workforce.

Publication Year 2024
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Use this discussion guide with CWVE 2023 videos to explore topics on workforce recruitment and retention, as well as access individual reflection exercises, discussion prompts, and team activities.

Publication Year 2024
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Explore how to use human resources data to address worker turnover with guides, resources, and videos from the Quality Improvement Center for Workforce Development.

Publication Year 2024
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Explore workforce challenges in child welfare and highlight the urgent need to be brave in addressing those challenges.

Publication Year 2024
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Consider whose perspectives are represented on your team. 

Publication Year 2024
Podcast

Hear a father and an agency administrator talk about what needs to be in place to make family engagement easier.

Publication Year 2023
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Set the groundwork for meaningful engagement of people with lived experience in the CFSR.

Publication Year 2023
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Explore additional resources to learn how to accurately and safely collecting data on LGBTQIA2S+ youth and young adults.

Publication Year 2023
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Explore additional resources for engaging individuals with lived experience as advisors for groups, committees, boards, and more.

Publication Year 2023
Podcast

Hear how sharing power begins with building trusting relationships.

Publication Year 2022