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The Center for States designs products, services, and learning experiences to increase understanding and awareness, and build knowledge and skills. The Center focuses its attention on developing products and resources on several core organizational and practice topics.

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The Center for States provides research assistance and responds to information requests on building capacity in child welfare.

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Explore how child welfare professionals and organizations can build capacity for implementing the reasonable and prudent parent standard (RPPS) for children and youth in foster care. 

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

Webinar

Learn about the practice and systemic changes Hawaii, Indiana, and Westchester County, NY, made in partnership with their youth and young adult partners.

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This publication looks at buzzwords in the context of words or phrases commonly used in child welfare reporting and documentation that can be subjective or carry negative connotations, and offers strategies to minimize their negative impact.

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Buzzwords: Moving to Behavioral Descriptors doodle video is a short, animated video that follows a child involved in a child welfare investigation. The video describes what buzzwords are and illustrates the impact they can have on children and families. It also demonstrates how to recognize buzzwords and offers strategies for transforming buzzwords into objective, behavior-based descriptors.

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Provides a broad overview of the Capacity Building Center for States, including its purpose, principles, services, and infrastructure. There is a particular focus on the Center’s array of services, which are designed to help individuals and organizations improve child welfare practice and performance, and include products and tools, web-based trainings, peer networking activities, group-based coaching, and individualized expert consultations. This brochure also provides basic background information about the Center, its goals, and its organization.

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Learn about the Collaborative and the work it does with agencies, Tribes, and courts to build capacity.

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Examine current research and how best to build organizational capacity in five areas, and learn about possible challenges and solutions.

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

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

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Learn about Catherine’s journey recovering from trauma and addiction to be successfully reunified with her daughter.

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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.

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Listen to a foster care advocate’s mental health journey.