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Power in Partnerships: Prioritizing Lived Expertise in Child Welfare

Hear a summary of the 2022 CWVE themes and learn strategies for moving forward with prioritizing lived expertise in child welfare. 

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Preparation Checklist for Engagement of Young People and Families in the CFSR

Set the groundwork for meaningful engagement of people with lived experience in the CFSR.

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Prepermanency Services for Adoptive and Guardianship Families

Defines prepermanancy services for prospective adoptive and guardianship families and raises awareness about the need for more prepermanency services supports alongside postpermanency supports.

Webinar

Preserving Families and Creating Connections Recorded Webinar

Learn why relationships between parents and caretakers are critical for the reunification of children and their families and hear about strategies that support family connections in this recorded webinar.

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Prevention Planning Roundtable: Advice and Lessons Learned in Prevention Planning Video

Watch this video to learn more about prevention planning advice and lessons learned from state child welfare leaders.

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Prevention Planning Roundtable: Communicating With Partners About Prevention Video

Watch this video to learn more about state experiences communicating with partners about prevention. 

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Prevention Planning Roundtable: Engaging Youth, Families, Communities, and Tribes in Planning Video

Watch this video to learn more about how states are engaging people with lived experience in prevention planning. 

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Prevention Planning Roundtable: Building Capacity for Prevention Video

Watch this video to learn more about state experiences building capacity for prevention.

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Prevention Planning Roundtable: Key Considerations in Prevention Program Selection Video

Watch this video to learn more about how states are selecting and implementing prevention programs.

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Prevention Planning Roundtable: The Importance of a Vision for Prevention Video

Watch this video to learn more about how a vision for prevention influences the development of a prevention plan.

Webinar

Problem Exploration Part 1 - Looks Can Be Deceiving: Using Data to Explore Agency Performance

Identifies the first three steps in the problem exploration process and examines the importance of data, key components of a data plan, and common mistakes to avoid in identifying problems in child welfare.

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Problem Exploration Part 2: Using Data to Avoid Common Missteps When Asking, "Why?"

Identifies the final three steps in the problem exploration process and strategies that can help with analyzing data, root causes and contributing factors of problems, and common mistakes to avoid in problem exploration.

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Problem Exploration Video Workbook

This workbook and video series are part of a collection of resources designed to help agencies use data to explore problems, identify root causes, and choose where to direct efforts to achieve their goals for change and improvement.

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Productive Partnerships With Youth and Families: Commitment to Lived Expertise Resource List

Explore additional resources on how to increase commitment to partnering with people with lived expertise in child welfare. 

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Productive Partnerships With Youth and Families: Commitment to Lived Expertise

Explore ways to increase commitment to partnering with people with lived expertise in child welfare.