This guide is designed to support administrative leaders in states and other jurisdictions in using data to assess and identify ways to improve their service array.

Explore how independent verification and validation services for title IV-E agencies are used for child welfare information systems projects.

Discover how to examine and drill down into state data to build understanding of what’s happening in your child welfare system.

Use this assessment tool to identify strengths and areas for growth to enhance your team’s psychological safety.
 

Explore how data reported in AFCARS about youth who run away from state custody can be used to inform interventions.

Learn about Child Welfare Capacity Building Collaborative's evidence-informed approach to the change and implementation process.

Reflect on past results to inform plans for future improvements.

Explore considerations for monitoring and evaluating new interventions and applying findings to make adjustments aligned with equity and inclusion. 

Explore considerations for assessing readiness as part of an equitable and inclusive change and implementation process. 

Explore considerations for collaboratively developing an equitable theory of change.

Explore considerations for equitable, inclusive, and data-driven problem exploration.

Explore considerations for planning and building capacity for equitable implementation of new programs and practices. 

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

Explore considerations for selecting, designing, and adapting effective and equitable interventions. 

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