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At Risk for Sex Trafficking: Youth Who Run Away From Foster Care

Explore how data reported in AFCARS about youth who run away from state custody can be used to inform interventions.

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Becoming a Family-Focused System: Strategies for Building a Culture of Service Collaboration

Adapt proven strategies from this publication to improve specific areas of culture and that support collaborative development of an effective service array.

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Becoming a Family-Focused System: Strategies for Building a Culture to Partner With Families

Adapt strategies from this publication to improve specific areas of culture and climate to support partnering with families after conducting an assessment.

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Becoming a Family-Focused System: Assessing Culture and Climate

Get guidance, tips, and strategies for assessing agency culture and climate. 

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Building Our Child Welfare System Together Infographic

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

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Child Welfare Response to Sex Trafficking: An Introductory Webinar (Part 1)

Available on CapLEARN; registration required.
Provides a broad overview of the Child Welfare Response to Child and Youth Sex Trafficking learning curriculum and explores how the curriculum could be integrated into agency training programs.

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Closing Remarks From Aysha E. Schomburg, Associate Commissioner, Children’s Bureau 

Learn about the Children’s Bureau’s commitment to racial and other equity in its work and the actions the Children’s Bureau is taking to advance racial equity in child welfare. 

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Collaborating With Youth-Serving Agencies to Respond to and Prevent Sex Trafficking of Youth

See how coordination can improve identification, reporting, and services for youth who are victims or at risk of becoming victims of sex trafficking.

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​Creating Partnership in Kinship Treatment Foster Care

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

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CWVE 2021 Session 1A Presentation

Use this presentation to follow along with the speakers as you watch the 2021 Child Welfare Virtual Expo Session 1 webinar, Understanding the Past to Build a New Future: Advancing Racial Equity for Children, Youth, and Families.

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​CWVE 2021 Session 2 Presentation

Use this presentation to follow along with the speakers as you watch the 2021 Child Welfare Virtual Expo Session 2 webinar, Using Data and Evaluation to Advance Racial Equity in Child Welfare.

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CWVE 2021 Session 2A Presentation

​Use this presentation to follow along with the speakers as you watch the 2021 Child Welfare Virtual Expo Session 2A webinar, “We See It, We Know It, and Now We Must Do Something About It”: Working Together to Reduce Inequity.

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​CWVE 2021 Session 2B Presentation

​Use this presentation to follow along with the speakers as you watch the 2021 Child Welfare Virtual Expo Session 2B webinar, Exploring the Use of Data to Tell Stories of Inequities.

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CWVE 2021 Session 2C Presentation

Use this presentation to follow along with the speakers as you watch the 2021 Child Welfare Virtual Expo Session 2C webinar, Co-Creating Race Equity Tools: Practical Strategies for Evaluation and Continuous Quality Improvement Efforts.

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CWVE 2021 Session 3 Presentation

Use this presentation to follow along with the speakers as you watch the 2021 CWVE Session 3 webinar, From Understanding to Action: Shifting Power Dynamics to Advance Race Equity.