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Citizen Connections Spring 2021

Here you will find interviews with Toni Lawal, Tennessee’s Citizen Review Panel (CRP) Coordinator, and Stuart Oppenheim, Executive Director of the Child and Family Policy Institute of California; an update on the Pennsylvania CRP; and Office on Child Abuse and Neglect (OCAN) and Children’s Bureau (CB) updates.

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Citizen Connections: Summer/Fall 2022

Find information about the national citizen review panel community, including federal and state updates, webinars, and more.

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Citizen Connections Winter 2020–2021

Find information about the national citizen review panel community, including federal and state updates, webinars, and more.

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Citizen Connections Winter/Spring 2022

Find information about the national citizen review panel (CRP) community, including federal and state updates, webinars, and more.

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Citizen Connections: Winter/Spring 2023

Find information about the new CRP Peer Group lead, the NCRP Advisory Board update, communication tools for CRPs, and more.

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CJA 101: Quick Facts About the Children's Justice Act Grant

Find the eligibility requirements of the Children’s Justice Act Grant and the roles and responsibilities of Grantees.

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Closing Reflections

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Closing Remarks From Aysha E. Schomburg, Associate Commissioner, Children’s Bureau 

Learn about the Children’s Bureau’s commitment to racial and other equity in its work and the actions the Children’s Bureau is taking to advance racial equity in child welfare. 

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Co-Creating Equitable Child Welfare Policies and Practice 

Discover strategies for co-creating and sharing power with youth and families in child welfare.

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Co-Creating Race Equity Tools: Practical Strategies for Evaluation and Continuous Quality Improvement Efforts

Explore ways that jurisdictions can integrate strategies to promote equity in continuous quality improvement (CQI) and evaluation efforts. 

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Coaching for Success

Explore the use of coaching within the context of child welfare supervision and casework practice to improve staff confidence and performance to achieve agency goals related to safety, permanency, and well-being.  

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Coaching in Child Welfare

Understand the role of coaching in supporting workers, including coaching functions, effectiveness, models, and strategies.

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Collaborating to Conduct a Workforce Needs Assessment

Explore different approaches to assess and address workforce needs.​ 

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Collaborating With Youth-Serving Agencies to Respond to and Prevent Sex Trafficking of Youth

See how coordination can improve identification, reporting, and services for youth who are victims or at risk of becoming victims of sex trafficking.

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Community-Based Provider: Empowering Caregiver Decision-Making

Shares Stephen’s story about being a community-based provider and policymaker in Florida, the need for laws that empower caregiver decision-making, creating Florida’s reasonable and prudent parent standard (RPPS), and the effect RPPS and normalcy laws can have on foster care.