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Change and Implementation at a Glance: Intervention Testing, Piloting, and Staging

Explore considerations for testing, piloting, and staging new programs and practices with attention to equity and inclusion. 

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Change and Implementation at a Glance: Monitoring, Evaluating, and Applying Findings

Explore considerations for monitoring and evaluating new interventions and applying findings to make adjustments aligned with equity and inclusion. 

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Change and Implementation at a Glance: Implementation Planning and Capacity Building

Explore considerations for planning and building capacity for equitable implementation of new programs and practices. 

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Change and Implementation at a Glance: Teaming

Explore considerations for convening a diverse team of partners, including people with lived expertise, to support equitable change and implementation efforts.

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Change and Implementation at a Glance: Theory of Change

Explore considerations for collaboratively developing an equitable theory of change.

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Change and Implementation at a Glance: Problem Exploration

Explore considerations for equitable, inclusive, and data-driven problem exploration.

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Change and Implementation at a Glance: Intervention Selection and Design/Adaptation Resources

Explore considerations for selecting, designing, and adapting effective and equitable interventions. 

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Change and Implementation at a Glance: Readiness

Explore considerations for assessing readiness as part of an equitable and inclusive change and implementation process. 

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Change and Implementation in Practice: Teaming Worksheets

Consider whose perspectives are represented on your team. 

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Change and Implementation in Practice: Considerations for Advancing Racial Equity Through Problem Exploration

Explore information and strategies for advancing racial equity through problem exploration.

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Child and Family Services Review (CFSR) Round 4: Strategies to Include Family and Youth Voice

Learn how to engage young people and families with lived expertise in the CFSR process at a child welfare agency. 

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Child Welfare Virtual Expo 2022 Power in Partnerships: Prioritizing Lived Expertise in Child Welfare Concluding Video Resource List

Explore additional resources and learn strategies for moving forward with prioritizing lived expertise 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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Collaborating to Create Family-Focused Courts: Episode 7

Listen to a judge and a child welfare agency leader discuss the challenges, achievements, and strategies of the Tompkins County Family Treatment Court. This longstanding collaboration between the child welfare, substance use treatment, and judicial systems has been steadily growing its Family Treatment Court Team and improving outcomes for families since 2001.

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Coordinating Prevention Services in the Community: Episode 6

Listen to child welfare agency leaders in the District of Columbia, service providers, partners in community collaboratives, and sister agencies talk about how they coordinate service planning and delivery, are culturally responsive to the community, and provide seamless services to families.