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Don’t Get Lost in the Forest: Using a Theory of Change to Set a Clear Path to Desired Outcomes [Webinar]

Identifies multiple approaches and the five essential functions to developing a theory of change as well as the characteristics of a sound theory of change, common mistakes to avoid in the development process, and strategies to prevent them. 

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Implementation Planning and Capacity Building Webinar

Provides an overview of how to engage stakeholders and team members in planning and preparing to implement an intervention. This webinar includes examples from the field about anticipating and overcoming challenges in implementing new interventions.

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Integrated Planning and Monitoring: A Framework for Improving Practice 

Get practical information about supporting coordinated strategic and long-term planning.

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Meaningfully Engaging Stakeholders to Improve Outcomes

See how staff can boost their knowledge and skills for engaging families, community providers, and others.

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Safely Reducing the Use of Congregate Care: Deciding What to Implement to Achieve Successful Change

Summarizes the process of choosing an intervention for a child welfare change and implementation process. This webinar provides an overview of how an agency might facilitate the process of researching and comparing potential solutions, designing a new intervention, or adapting an existing intervention to suit agency conditions and includes stories from the field on what choosing an intervention looks like in practice.

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State Team Planning National Meeting Archived Webinar

Explore how child welfare agencies, legal and judicial stakeholders, prevention partners, and communities can work together to build prevention-focused systems, starting with jurisdictions' 2020–24 Child and Family Services Plans (CFSPs).