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Identify data sources to explore agency responsiveness to the community.

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

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Explore successful cross-system collaboration across three phases of child welfare interactions with families experiencing co-occurring issues—front-end investigation, case planning/service provision, and case resolution. 

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Explore strategies to engage individuals with lived experience as advisors for groups, committees, boards, and more. 

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Explore additional resources for engaging individuals with lived experience as advisors for groups, committees, boards, and more.

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Explore the need for involving multiple voices in developing and implementing prevention plans, as well as the important role courts play in prevention.

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Explore how child welfare leaders, managers, and supervisors can motivate their staff to use data and evidence in their everyday practice. 

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Explore how frontline child welfare professionals can use data and evidence in their everyday practice. 

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Explore how legal and judicial professionals can use data and evidence in their everyday practice. 

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Learn strategies for accurately and safely collecting data on LGBTQIA2S+ youth and young adults.

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Explore additional resources to learn how to accurately and safely collecting data on LGBTQIA2S+ youth and young adults.

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Learn about the importance of successful collaboration and engagement for implementing prevention-focused systems.

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Identify data sources to explore how well your state’s case review system is functioning.

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Reflect on past results to inform plans for future improvements.

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Use this helpful reminder of Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) measures to support CFSR planning and implementation activities.