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Available on CapLEARN; registration required.

On September 1–3, 2015, the Administration for Children and Families and the Children’s Bureau hosted the 17th Annual Child Welfare Waiver Demonstration Projects Meeting for representatives from title IV-E agencies that have waivers, as well as those operating a traditional IV-E program.

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Learn about a framework for applying safety science to promote a culture of safety in child welfare agencies.

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Learn about various instruments used to measure well-being for program, case planning, and evaluation purposes.

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Browse the themes and key takeaways from the How We Partner With the Community to Improve Service Options podcast series.

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Summarizes the process of creating teams and teaming structures for a child welfare change and implementation process. This webinar includes an example of how an agency might facilitate the process of teaming to accomplish change, as well as stories from the field on what teaming looks like in practice.

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Available on CAPLearn; registration required.
Parts 1, 2, and 3 offers best practices information on responding to sex trafficking of children and youth in child welfare, and building knowledge on the special needs of trafficking victims and youth at risk of becoming victims.

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Available on CapLEARN; registration required.
Provides a broad overview of the Child Welfare Response to Child and Youth Sex Trafficking learning curriculum and explores how the curriculum could be integrated into agency training programs.

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Discover the key components of the Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Training Academy.

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​Learn from people with lived experience about the impact of kinship care on children in the child welfare system.

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Watch this video to learn how community-based partnerships strengthen families and see what jurisdictions are doing to build lines of collaboration and trust.

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Learn about research and practice insights for implementing evidence-based practices in child welfare systems.

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Explore the practical application of implementation science in child welfare.

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Discover how parent partner programs support family reunification by guiding and motivating parents into constructive interactions with the child welfare system and courts.

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Explore the Center’s Focused Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Services training curriculum and learn more about how it can be used to support a team’s CQI goals.

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Explore the intersection of title IV-E waivers and other child welfare reforms with trends in healthcare reform.