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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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Developing and Measuring the Success of a Comprehensive Prevention Framework

Explore strategies for developing a comprehensive community prevention framework across all levels of prevention.

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Exploring the Use of Data to Tell Stories of Inequities 

Learn how to effectively present data in digestible and actionable ways that lead to real change.

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The Power of Feedback: Using Data to Tell Our Story, Generate Feedback, and Promote Improvement

Explore how child welfare leaders and decision makers can communicate data effectively. 

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The Right Information at the Right Time: Supporting the Field With Relevant, Actionable Data

Explore how having access to the right information at the right time can improve assessment and decision-making at the child/family level, and how aggregate data can be used to support system improvements. 

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Using Data and Evaluation to Advance Racial Equity in Child Welfare

Discover strategies for using data to build evidence, engage youth, families, and other partners, and move toward racial equity in child welfare. ​

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“We See It, We Know It, and Now We Must Do Something About It”: Working Together to Reduce Inequity

Discover how data sharing can improve the child welfare court system.