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Identify data sources to explore agency responsiveness to the community.

Publication Year 2023
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Assists agencies to evaluate how well the services in an area of their choice follow the Youth Welfare approach.

Publication Year 2018
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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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Assists readers in exploring the Youth Welfare approach to service provision in the area of health care.

Publication Year 2018
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Explore considerations for testing, piloting, and staging new programs and practices with attention to equity and inclusion. 

Publication Year 2023
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Explore considerations for convening a diverse team of partners, including people with lived expertise, to support equitable change and implementation efforts.

Publication Year 2023
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Consider whose perspectives are represented on your team. 

Publication Year 2024
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Learn step-by-step how to build teams for the change and implementation process.

Publication Year 2018
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Explore information and strategies for advancing racial equity through problem exploration.

Publication Year 2023
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Summarizes the change and implementation process and provides an overview of the Change and Implementation in Practice series briefs, “how to” guides that explain key steps and tasks in the process.

Publication Year 2018
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Learn to test, pilot, and stage an intervention to address an identified problem.

Publication Year 2019
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This guide and recorded webinar are part of a collection of resources designed to help child welfare agency leaders, managers, and stakeholders build teams to guide the change and implementation process.

Publication Year 2018
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Understand the CFSR statewide data indicators, their use in program improvement efforts, and performance calculation tools.

Publication Year 2019
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Better understand your state’s performance on statewide data indicators related to the safety and permanency of children served by the child welfare system. 

Publication Year 2021
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Learn about the Youth Welfare approach, which outlines how agencies can shift from a child-focused system to a youth-focused system.

Publication Year 2018