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Resource List: From Understanding to Action: Shifting Power Dynamics to Advance Race Equity

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Resource List: Going Behind the Scenes: Effective Partnerships for Primary Prevention

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Resource List: How Do We Know What Works? Challenges and Opportunities for Building Evidence for Leaders and Decision Makers

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Resource List: How Do We Know What Works? Challenges and Opportunities for Building Evidence for Practitioners

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Resource List: Intentional Inclusion: Creating Equity in the Workplace

Explore resources related to Intentional Inclusion: Creating Equity in the Workplace video. 

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Resource List: Maximizing Our Collective Impact

Explore resources related to the Maximizing Our Collective Impact video.

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

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Resource List: Understanding the Past to Build a New Future: Advancing Racial Equity for Children, Youth, and Families

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Resource List: Using Data and Evaluation to Advance Racial Equity in Child Welfare

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

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Resource List: What Is Urgent? Taking the First Steps Toward Change

Explore resources related to the What Is Urgent? Taking the First Steps Toward Change video.

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Rethinking Service Array for Young People Transitioning From Child Welfare

Explore strategies for redesigning the child welfare service array to meet the needs of youth and young adults currently and formerly in foster care.

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Service Array and Resource Development: Systemic Factor Data Planning Worksheet

Identify data sources to explore service array and resource development.

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Service Array Data Inventory Sample Worksheet

This “Service Array Data Inventory Sample Worksheet” (Worksheet) is a companion tool to A Data-Driven Approach to Service Array Guide developed by the Capacity Building Center for States. To use the Worksheet, you can print it out and fill in the blank squares, or use the questions as a guide.

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Setting the Stage: Creating the Space for People With Lived Expertise to Thrive Resource List

Explore additional resources for effectively integrating lived experts into the child welfare workforce.