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Learn how Anntesha’s experience as a child living with her grandparents and later in foster care influenced her to become a relative caregiver to her niece and nephew and work as a kinship navigator. 

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Use this guide for tips, and strategies concerning the critical role leadership plays in creating and sustaining positive organizational culture.

Infographic

Browse the themes and key takeaways from the How We Partner With the Community to Improve Service Options podcast series.

Video

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

PDF

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

Webinar

​Learn from people with lived experience about the impact of kinship care on children in the child welfare system.

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Use this presentation to follow along with the speakers as you watch the 2021 CWVE Session 4 webinar, Intentional Inclusion: Creating Equity in the Workplace. 

Video

Learn about Dezzie’s experience bonding with her newborn while embracing parenting classes and other agency supports in her journey to be reunified with her daughter.

Podcast

In this introduction to the podcast series How We Partner With the Community to Improve Service Options, agency leaders talk about the changing culture of their organizations. Leaders from Kentucky discuss their Child Welfare Transformation initiative, three transformational goals, and culture of safety.

Video

Explore strategies to help child welfare organizations create equity in the workplace. 

Video

Learn to be more intentional about creating opportunities to relate to the staff and families you serve and to infuse more empathy into your agency.

PDF

Explore additional resources to learn how child welfare organizations can create equity in the workforce. 

Video

Learn how child welfare organizations can create equity in the workforce. 

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Browse casework activities to use before, during, and after a caseworker visit with children, youth, and families.

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Learn how supervisors and program managers can assist child welfare caseworkers in conducting quality visits with parents.