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

Use this tool with your prevention planning team to prepare for and tackle the adaptive challenges that many states face as they develop and implement prevention plans. 

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

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. 

Learn how implementation teams can assess readiness for change and implementation and support related planning.

Learn how to collect, analyze, and use data about the implementation and outcomes of a program or other intervention.

Explore how child welfare agency leaders, managers, teams, and stakeholders can understand and assess readiness.

Use this crosswalk to start thinking concretely about prevention planning as a change and implementation process. 

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

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

Suggests examples of service provision for youth in foster care in the area of financial literacy and describes how those services can be improved using a “Good-Better-Best” continuum approach.

This workbook and this video series are part of a collection of resources designed to help child welfare agency leaders, managers, and teams work with evaluators and data analysts to monitor and evaluate the implementation and impact of a program or other intervention and apply findings over the course of the change and implementation process. Use this workbook to further your understanding of concepts and prepare to move learning into action with your team.

Support skill development for individuals and teams and facilitate team discussion and targeted action planning.

Watch this video to learn more about state experiences building capacity for prevention.