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Community Engagement:
Child welfare programs must build strong, sustainable partnerships with families, community agencies and providers, courts, law enforcement, and schools to effectively prevent and address maltreatment. These resources support child welfare leaders in connecting with the elements of a system that supports the prevention and strengthening of families, and providing the workforce with skills to convene and facilitate teams of partners and providers to work collectively to support families.
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| The Center for Regional and Tribal Welfare Studies: Systems Change Through a Relational Anishinaabe Worldview | As the third paper in a series of three, this article presents a study on the Anishinaabe worldview perspectives of … | Change Implementation, Community Engagement, Education/Professional Development, Tribal Child Welfare, Tribal Sovereignty | 1-Page-Summary, NCWWI-Product, Overview/Summary | 2023 |
| The Impact of Turnover on Families Involved in Child Welfare | This brief consists of thirty resources divided into three sections (Impact, Community Voice, and Systems Transformation) that examine the impact … | Change Implementation, Community Engagement, Data-Driven Decision Making, Policy Impact, System Reform, Turnover, Workforce Development Planning | NCWWI-Product, Overview/Summary | 2023 |
| Assessing Trauma in American Indian/Alaska Native Parents as an ICWA Active Effort: NCWWI 1-page Summary | This summary examines the correlation between American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) parents who are involved in ICWA cases, their exposure to … | Community Engagement, Cultural Responsiveness, Trauma-informed Practice, Tribal Child Welfare, Tribal Sovereignty | 1-Page-Summary, NCWWI-Product, Overview/Summary | 2023 |
| Dear Leaders Tool | This resource includes starting points for child welfare leaders who seek to bring family voice and power into the system. | Adaptive Leadership, Advancing Racial Equity, Community Engagement, Family-Centered Practice, Inclusivity/Racial Equity, Leadership, Organizational Culture and Climate, Practice Supports, System Reform | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2022 |
| Building Bridges for Every Child: Reception, Care and Services to Support Unaccompanied Children in the United States | This report offers recommendations for strengthening child-sensitive reception, care, and services for unaccompanied children in the United States. Drawing on … | Advancing Racial Equity, Community Engagement, Cultural Responsiveness, Disproportionality & Disparities, Inclusivity/Racial Equity, Practice Supports | Report/Paper | 2021 |
| Championing the Role of Child Welfare Professionals | A brief summary of how some states are working with communities to create an organizational climate that champions social work … | Communication, Community Engagement, Organizational Culture and Climate, Recruitment, Retention | Overview/Summary | 2020 |
| Caring for LGBTQ Children & Youth | This resource provides information about the care and support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning children and youth. The … | Community Engagement, Inclusivity/Racial Equity, Practice Supports | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2021 |
| Human Trafficking and Child Welfare: A Guide for Child Welfare Agencies | Explores how leadership in child welfare agencies can support children who are victims of human trafficking, as well as children … | Community Engagement, Practice Supports | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2017 |
| Safe & Connected™ Practice Model | A model of practice that includes a research-informed framework, engaged assessments based on strengths, needs and risks, analytical decision making … | Change Implementation, Community Engagement, Family-Centered Practice, Inclusivity/Racial Equity, Practice Models, Practice Supports, System Reform, Trauma-informed Practice | Overview/Summary | 2022 |
| Integrating Positive Youth Development and Racial Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Approaches Across the Child Welfare and Justice Systems | This paper explores why systems need a new emphasis on Positive Youth Development (PYD) approaches that incorporate racial equity and … | Advancing Racial Equity, Community Engagement, Cultural Responsiveness, Disproportionality & Disparities, Inclusivity/Racial Equity, Practice Models, Practice Supports | Report/Paper | 2022 |
| Putting Family First: Developing an Evidence-Based Child Welfare Preventive Practice Model | This paper provides guidance for state child welfare agencies on what to consider when developing a preventive practice model that … | Advancing Racial Equity, Change Implementation, Community Engagement, Education/Professional Development, Evidence-Based Practice, Family-Centered Practice, Inclusivity/Racial Equity, Practice Models, Practice Supports, Prevention/Early Intervention, System Reform, Training | Report/Paper | 2020 |
| Kids Count Data Center | A project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation and a premier source of data on children and families. Each year, … | Change Implementation, Community Engagement, Data-Driven Decision Making, Disproportionality & Disparities, Inclusivity/Racial Equity | Website | 2022 |
| System Transformation Through Community Leadership: Strategies for building effective partnerships with Black and Brown communities | Chapin Hall has compiled key findings into five system transformation equity bulletins and a toolkit to make lessons from the … | Adaptive Leadership, Advancing Racial Equity, Change Implementation, Community Engagement, Cultural Responsiveness, Evidence-Based Practice, Family-Centered Practice, Inclusivity/Racial Equity, Practice Supports, System Reform | Tool/Guide/Manual, Website | |
| Elevating Culturally Specific Evidence-Based Practices | This brief provides an overview of ten culturally specific programs and two culturally responsive interventions, the evidence for each, and … | Advancing Racial Equity, Change Implementation, Community Engagement, Cultural Responsiveness, Data-Driven Decision Making, Disproportionality & Disparities, Inclusivity/Racial Equity, Practice Supports, Tribal Child Welfare | Report/Paper | 2021 |
| A Tool for Transformative Family Engagement: A Commentary on the Family Engagement Playbook | An overview of the Family Engagement Playbook, a set of research-based, actionable resources to strengthen individual competencies and organizational support … | Community Engagement, Family-Centered Practice, Organizational Culture and Climate, Practice Supports | Overview/Summary | 2019 |
| Family Engagement Playbook | A collection of research-based actionable resources to strengthen individual competencies and organizational support for meaningful family engagement. | Change Implementation, Coaching, Community Engagement, Cultural Responsiveness, Family-Centered Practice, Inclusivity/Racial Equity, Organizational Culture and Climate, Practice Supports, System Reform | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2019 |
| Methods and Emerging Strategies to Engage People with Lived Experience: Improving Federal Research, Policy, and Practice | This brief identifies lessons learned and key considerations from a range of methods for engaging individuals with lived experience to … | Community Engagement, Data-Driven Decision Making, Family-Centered Practice, Policy Impact, Practice Supports, System Reform | Report/Paper | 2021 |
| Evaluating Family Engagement in Child Welfare | This brief provides an overview of key issues when evaluating a family engagement program or practice, including how family engagement … | Community Engagement, Family-Centered Practice, Practice Supports | Overview/Summary | 2021 |
| Kansas Racial Equity Collaborative | The Racial Equity Collaborative is a Kansas statewide effort to understand the history of racial inequities in child welfare and … | Advancing Racial Equity, Community Engagement, Disproportionality & Disparities, Inclusivity/Racial Equity, System Reform | Video, Webinar/Presentation | 2022 |
| Undoing Racism Through Social Work: NASW Report to the Profession on Racial Justice Priorities and Action | As part of NASW’s collaborative five year social change initiative to strengthen their efforts to end racism in the social … | Advancing Racial Equity, Change Implementation, Community Engagement, Disproportionality & Disparities, Inclusivity/Racial Equity, Policy Impact, System Reform | Report/Paper | 2021 |
| NCWWI Community Engagement Reference List | This comprehensive reference list includes a compilation of papers, reports, peer-reviewed journal articles and other relevant resources addressing community engagement. | Community Engagement | NCWWI-Product, Reference/Resource List | 2022 |
| QIC-WD Three Keys to Implementation | According to QIC-WD sites the keys to good implementation are to slow down, gain buy-in, and build a strong implementation … | Change Implementation, Community Engagement, Continuous Quality Improvement, Workforce Development Planning | Video | |
| Title IV-E Prevention Program | An overview of the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA), Title IV-E Prevention Program, and resources to help guide implementation. | Community Engagement, Practice Supports | Overview/Summary, Reference/Resource List | 2021 |
| Using a Culturally Responsive Leadership Framework: NCWWI 1-page Summary | The authors developed a culturally responsive leadership framework (CRLF) to address context, distributive leadership, and cultural responsiveness. Examining these elements … | Advancing Racial Equity, Change Implementation, Community Engagement, Cultural Responsiveness, Education/Professional Development, Inclusivity/Racial Equity, Leadership, Organizational Culture and Climate, Supervision, Training, Vision, Mission, and Values, Workforce Development Planning | 1-Page-Summary, NCWWI-Product, Overview/Summary | 2022 |
| America Needs All of Us: A Toolkit for talking about bias, race, and change | This toolkit was created to be a communications resource for those working in the field of immigration and immigrant integration. … | Communication, Community Engagement, Leadership | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2021 |
| Are We There Yet? A Communications Evaluation Guide | This guide explores current practices in evaluating communications as well as the challenges faced by today’s professionals. | Communication, Community Engagement, Leadership | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2008 |
| Finding and Reaching the Audience for Your Narrative Project | This worksheet supports finding and reaching an audience for your narrative project by exploring “who, what, and where” (i.e., who … | Communication, Community Engagement, Leadership | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2019 |
| Measuring Narrative Change: Understanding Progress and Navigating Complexity | This brief explores the concepts that underlie narrative change work and what these mean for measurement; think more about measuring … | Communication, Community Engagement, Leadership | Report/Paper | 2021 |
| Word Force Messaging Worksheet | This worksheet is a tool to help identify messages for an op-ed that support one’s long term narrative goals. | Communication, Community Engagement, Leadership | Tool/Guide/Manual | |
| Narrative Change: A Working Definition (and Some Related Terms) | This brief provides a list of definitions of terms related to narrative change. | Communication, Community Engagement, Leadership | Overview/Summary | 2019 |
| Persuasive Storytelling: Discover the power of your personal story | This guide provides tools to support individuals in telling their personal stories. | Communication, Community Engagement, Leadership | Tool/Guide/Manual | |
| Storytelling as a Catalyst for Systems Change | This brief provides a high-level overview of how storytelling can move systems change. | Communication, Community Engagement, Leadership | Overview/Summary | 2018 |
| The Irresistible Power of Storytelling as a Strategic Business Tool | This article from the Harvard Business Review explains why storytelling is a powerful tool that can inspire others to action. | Communication, Community Engagement, Leadership | Overview/Summary | 2014 |
| ICWA Active Efforts | This brief by the Capacity Building Center for Tribes provides an explanation of Active Efforts as they relate to the … | Community Engagement, Evidence-Based Practice, Inclusivity/Racial Equity, Practice Supports, Tribal Child Welfare | Overview/Summary | 2022 |
| ICWA Placement Preferences | This brief from the Capacity Building Center for Tribes explains the law and regulations for following preferred placement preferences with … | Community Engagement, Evidence-Based Practice, Inclusivity/Racial Equity, Practice Supports, Tribal Child Welfare | Overview/Summary | 2022 |
| ICWA Online Guide: Qualified Expert Witness | This brief from the Capacity Building Center for Tribes explains the role of Qualified Expert Witnesses (QEW) in ICWA cases. … | Community Engagement, Evidence-Based Practice, Inclusivity/Racial Equity, Practice Supports, Tribal Child Welfare | Overview/Summary | 2022 |
| ICWA Inquiry and Notification | This overview from the Capacity Building Center for Tribes explains the process for inquiry and notification in ICWA cases and … | Community Engagement, Evidence-Based Practice, Inclusivity/Racial Equity, Practice Supports, Tribal Child Welfare | Overview/Summary | 2022 |
| American Indian/Alaska Natives Curriculum Content Evaluation Guide | In keeping with the Council on Social Work Education’s competency-based education standards and social work competencies this curriculum content guide … | Community Engagement, Cultural Responsiveness, Education/Professional Development, Inclusivity/Racial Equity, Tribal Child Welfare, University Partnerships | NCWWI-Product, Tool/Guide/Manual | 2022 |
| Learning, Leading, Changing: Collaborating to Enhance ICWA Knowledge and Practice | Held on March 21, 2022, this learning exchange focused on enhancing knowledge and understanding of ICWA and tribal sovereignty through … | Advancing Racial Equity, Community Engagement, Cultural Responsiveness, Education/Professional Development, Tribal Child Welfare, University Partnerships | NCWWI-Product, Webinar/Presentation | 2022 |
| Indian Child Welfare Timeline | This infographic provides a timeline for Indian Child Welfare from 1820 to present | Change Implementation, Community Engagement, Education/Professional Development, Tribal Child Welfare | Infographic, NCWWI-Product, Overview/Summary | 2022 |
| We Are Child Welfare Campaign: Leadership Tool Kit Activity | This activity will help you to improve public perceptions of the organization and build deeper consensus with the public by … | Change Implementation, Communication, Community Engagement, Leadership, Leadership Toolkit Activities | NCWWI-Product, Tool/Guide/Manual | 2022 |
| Key Takeaways from Building a Resilient Workforce to Address Trauma and Enhance Well-being: Leveraging Key Partnerships | This document lists the key takeaways identified by participants in the NCWWI Discussion Series event, Building a Resilient Workforce to … | Community Engagement | NCWWI-Product, Overview/Summary | 2021 |
| NCWWI Communications Guide: How to Advance Organizational Goals through Effective Messaging, Storytelling, and Public Relations | The NCWWI Communications Guide (the Guide) helps child welfare programs’ initiate or improve their existing communications strategies to build public … | Change Implementation, Communication, Community Engagement, Leadership | NCWWI-Product, Tool/Guide/Manual | 2020 |
| What You Can Do Infographic | All of us must work together to build and sustain a climate where child welfare professionals can do their best … | Community Engagement | Infographic, Overview/Summary | 2020 |
| Getting Everyone on the Same Page: Child Welfare Workers’ Collaboration Challenges on Cases Involving Intimate Partner Violence | This study explores child welfare workers’ perspectives on collaboration challenges specific to child welfare cases that also involve interpersonal partner … | Community Engagement | Overview/Summary | 2019 |
| How We Partner With the Community to Improve Service Options Podcast Series | This webinar series presents stories from the field that illustrate how agencies are changing organizational culture to support collaborative development … | Community Engagement | Podcast | 2019 |
| What is Child Welfare? A Guide for Law Enforcement | Each State has requirements for when and how law enforcement and child welfare should interact. This guide provides an overview … | Community Engagement | Overview/Summary | 2018 |
| Transforming Child Welfare Systems Impact of Homelessness and Housing Instability | Identifies impact of homelessness and housing instability on child welfare involvement and placement in foster care as well as strategies … | Community Engagement | Report/Paper | 2019 |
| Rural Child Welfare Practice | This issue brief is an introduction to understanding rural communities and their needs. It explores unique social service considerations, recruiting … | Community Engagement | Overview/Summary | 2018 |
| Evaluating Community Engagement: An Evaluation Guide and Toolkit for Practical Use | This guide offers tips for evaluating community engagement. It is intended to be a practical, hands-on tool to help determine … | Community Engagement | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2018 |
| Dismantling Racial Inequity #2: Community Collaboration and Grassroots Effort | This webinar is the second session of “Dismantling Racial Inequity Through Child Welfare Systems Change” webinar series and highlights the … | Community Engagement | Webinar/Presentation | 2017 |
| ICWA Guide for Tribal Governments and Leaders | This guide provides recommended actions that tribal leadership can take towards ensuring compliance with the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). … | Community Engagement | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2017 |
| Resources for Healthy Generations | This document provides a list of substance abuse, child welfare, and domestic violence resources designed specifically for tribal communities. Keywords: … | Community Engagement | eLearning Module, NCWWI-Product | 2017 |
| States’ Consultation and Collaboration with Tribes and Reported Compliance with the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) | This report is a summary of the information states provided in their 2015–2019 Child and Family Services Plan’s (CFSP) in … | Community Engagement | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2015 |
| The Caseworker’s Role in a Results-Oriented Culture (7 minute microlearning) | Designed for caseworkers, this 7-minute Quickbit explores how workers can contribute to, and benefit from, practicing in a results-oriented culture. … | Community Engagement | eLearning Module, NCWWI-Product | 2008 |
| Child Protective Specialist Appreciation Week Posters (NYC) | This set of posters from New York City’s Admistration for Children’s Services share messages of appreciation for Child Protective Specialists. | Community Engagement | Curricula/Training Material | 2008 |
| The Power of Stories: Enriching Program Research & Reporting – Full Report | This report explores opportunities, considerations, and methods for using storytelling to understand and communicate information about social service programs in … | Community Engagement | Report/Paper | 2016 |
| Two Cognitive Obstacles to Preventing Child Abuse: The “Other-Mind” Mistake and the “Family Bubble” | A report on a series of cognitive interviews that identifies two common mistakes in thinking that the public makes about … | Community Engagement | Report/Paper | 2003 |
| What Type of Community Is Your Organization Creating? (Self-Assessment) | This assessment measures how well an organization is promoting community engagement and creating social capital. It provides six key domains … | Community Engagement | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2015 |
| Writing Reports & Telling Success Stories | This two-page guide outlines how to structure and construct an outcome report when sharing the results of evaluation activities, to … | Community Engagement | Overview/Summary | 2014 |
| Positioning Public Child Welfare Guidance: Strategic Partnerships Guidance | This guide addresses how an agency should strategically build or change a system to meet the needs and deliver positive … | Community Engagement | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2010 |
| Preventing and Mitigating the Effects of ACEs by Building Community Capacity and Resilience: APPI Cross-Site Evaluation Findings (Final Report) | Community Engagement | Report/Paper | 2016 | |
| Public Agencies Don’t Need to Do It Alone: Eight Reasons to Use a Partnership When Providing Support Services to Adoptive, Foster, and Kinship Care Families | This paper highlights the benefits public agencies may see from partnering with family-support organizations and other nonprofit partners. | Community Engagement | Overview/Summary | 2016 |
| Rural Child Welfare Practice | This issue brief highlights the importance of understanding the concerns and needs of children and families in rural communities, their … | Community Engagement | Overview/Summary | 2018 |
| Solutions Storytelling: Messaging to Mobilize Support for Children’s Issues | This report provides an overview of a research project to test the necessity and effectiveness of ‘solution stories’ (stories about … | Communication, Community Engagement | Overview/Summary | 2010 |
| Stories of Parent Leadership | This webpage provides excerpts from interviews of parent leaders who work in their communities and nationally to help family support … | Community Engagement | Website | 2019 |
| Stories of Prevention in Los Angeles County: DCFS and Community Agencies Join Hands To Support Families and Children | This report chronicles the first year of the Prevention Initiative Demonstration Project initiative, and stories are organized around three inter-related … | Community Engagement | Report/Paper | 2009 |
| Strategic Planning: NCWWI 1-page Summary | This document highlights the role of strategic planning in improving cross-sector partnerships in child welfare and identifies: 1) factors that contribute … | Community Engagement | 1-Page-Summary, NCWWI-Product | 2016 |
| Strategies to Increase Birth Parent Engagement, Partnership, and Leadership in the Child Welfare System: A Review | This report explores barriers and proactive strategies to engaging birth parents with child welfare services; developing connections between birth parents … | Community Engagement | Report/Paper | 2012 |
| Strengthening Neighborhoods through Faith-Based & Community Partnerships: Resource Guide (Oregon) | This guide is designed for those engaging in faith-based community partnerships to provide and facilitate social supports; faith-based partnerships with … | Community Engagement | Report/Paper | 2014 |
| Supporting School Success: What Child Welfare and Education Leaders Can Do | This chart focuses on how policies and practices implemented in response to Fostering Connections can provide the foundation for collaborative … | Community Engagement | Overview/Summary | 2010 |
| System of Care Practice Review (SOCPR) Training Tutorial | This training tutorial for SOCPR-R, a tool for assessing whether SOC principles have been operationalized at the level of practice … | Community Engagement | Curricula/Training Material | 2012 |
| Systems of Care Communication Toolkit | This toolkit incorporates successful communication strategies, communication products that supported the execution of these strategies, and lessons learned by various … | Change Implementation, Communication, Community Engagement | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2019 |
| Systems of Care Coordination of Services and Service Array Toolkit | This toolkit outlines how to integrate a comprehensive array of services and supports to actualize your system of care, as … | Community Engagement | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2019 |
| Systems of Care Governance Toolkit | This toolkit addresses key issues and processes involved in conducting or supervising day-to-day operations associated with developing, implementing, and sustaining … | Community Engagement | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2019 |
| Systems of Care Policy Action Guide | This guide is a capacity building tool that supports the process of identifying and advancing policy strategies to improve child … | Community Engagement | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2019 |
| Systems of Care Policy Toolkit | This toolkit outlines how to forge policy to sustain system of care work and provides examples of legislation, memorandums of … | Community Engagement | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2019 |
| Systems of Care Toolkits | This toolkit is a compilation of nine easily navigable guides—discussing related activities, tasks, sustainability, key partners and examples from the … | Community Engagement | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2019 |
| The Power of Stories: Enriching Program Research & Reporting – Brief | This brief summarizes a report that explores opportunities, considerations, and methods for using storytelling to understand and communicate information about … | Community Engagement | Overview/Summary | 2016 |
| Citizen Involvement in Child Welfare: NCWWI 1-page Summary | This document summarizes the article “What Do We Know About Strategies for Involving Citizens in Public Child Welfare: A Review … | Community Engagement | 1-Page-Summary, NCWWI-Product | 2015 |
| Community Approaches to Toxic Stress-Webinar | This webinar explores a new framework of community approaches to toxic stress within the broader context of healthy development and … | Community Engagement | Webinar/Presentation | 2017 |
| Community Partnerships: Improving the Response to Child Maltreatment | This manual discusses the importance of using a coordinated multidisciplinary approach to serving children and families. It also outlines the … | Community Engagement | Report/Paper | 2010 |
| Community Readiness for Community Change | This study compares the performance of case management functions by Nebraska Families Collaborative (NFC) in the Eastern Service Area with … | Community Engagement | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2014 |
| Creating a Supportive Community Context (5 minute microlearning) | People need to feel that as child welfare professionals, they are a valued partner in the larger community and that … | Community Engagement | Curricula/Training Material, eLearning Module, NCWWI-Product | 2018 |
| Developing the Leadership of Recipients | This report includes two case studies of leadership development efforts by nonprofit organizations who provided opportunities for clients to have … | Community Engagement | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2013 |
| Discipline and Development: A Meta-Analysis of Public Perceptions of Parents, Parenting, Child Development and Child Abuse | This report reviews research on child abuse, as well as existing publicly available opinion research regarding parenting, child development, child … | Community Engagement | Report/Paper | 2003 |
| Discussion Guide: Client Voice and Engagement | This guide helps organizations delve deeper into their own individual programs or areas of work and begin to generate concrete … | Community Engagement | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2013 |
| Engaging Parents, Developing Leaders: A Self-Assessment and Planning Tool for Nonprofits and Schools | This document introduces an assessment and planning tool to help enable nonprofit leaders to assess their organization’s family engagement and … | Community Engagement | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2016 |
| Family Leadership Self-assessment Tool for System-building Collaboratives | This tool is to help multi-agency collaborative system-building initiatives to assess whether they are supporting giving family members, such as … | Community Engagement | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2015 |
| Finding Common Ground: A Guide for Child Welfare Agencies Working with Communities of Faith | This guide outlines the importance of building effective partnerships with communities of faith for recruiting and supporting foster and adoptive … | Community Engagement | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2003 |
| FRIENDS National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention | This website provides services to the CBCAP community through targeted training and technical assistance efforts. These efforts include an annual … | Community Engagement | Website | 2019 |
| How the Child Welfare System Works | This factsheet provides a brief overview of the child welfare system and its purposes and functions. Child welfare systems typically … | Community Engagement | Overview/Summary | 2019 |
| How the News Frames Child Maltreatment: Unintended Consequences | This document summarizes some of the major patterns found in 120 news articles about child maltreatment – the key narratives, … | Community Engagement | Report/Paper | 2003 |
| How to Talk About Government | This brief summary highlights the FrameWorks Institute’s research on public perceptions of government, key communication challenges, recommendations for reframing government, … | Communication, Community Engagement | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2008 |
| Impact of Public Perceptions on Child Welfare Workers: NCWWI 1-page Summary | This paper summarizes the article, “Measuring the impact of public perceptions on child welfare workers” which explores how societal perceptions … | Community Engagement | 1-Page-Summary, NCWWI-Product | 2019 |
| Joint Child Welfare Program Planning and Improvement: Infographic | This document illustrates the importance of joint planning between courts and agencies in order to work more effectively together to … | Community Engagement | Infographic, Overview/Summary | 2017 |
| Let’s Talk about Safe Kids and Strong Families! | This report provides guidance to Alaskan communities about how they can help strengthen and support families and children, as well … | Community Engagement | Report/Paper | 2016 |
| Making the Public Case for Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention | This memorandum synthesizes research findings and recommends strategies to communicate more effectively about child abuse and neglect. | Community Engagement | Overview/Summary | 2015 |
| Meaningful Parent Leadership: A Guide for Success | This guide provides a roadmap to State Lead Agencies seeking to enhance their engagement of parents as stakeholders and leaders … | Community Engagement | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2010 |
| National Technical Assistance and Evaluation Center for Child Welfare Systems of Care Grantees | This webpage provides resources to support grantees’ efforts to improve outcomes for children and families through the Systems of Care … | Community Engagement | Reference/Resource List | 2019 |
| NRC-Adoption Readiness Assessment Tool for Community-based System of Care | This assessment is designed to guide states, territories and tribes in building a coordinated and integrated system of care to … | Community Engagement | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2014 |
| Parent Leadership | This webpage provides approaches to mobilizing parents to be effective change agents on behalf of their children, and resources to … | Community Engagement | Website | 2019 |
| Parent Leadership Agency Self-assessment Tool | This tool helps agencies and organizations assess whether they are giving parents opportunities to develop and exercise leadership skills. | Community Engagement | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2015 |
| Parent Organizing as a Strategy for Sustainable Policy Change | This report discusses parent organizing as a strategy for sustainable policy change and recommend steps funders can take to learn … | Community Engagement | Overview/Summary | 2011 |
| Partnership for Sustainable Change (12 minutes) | Research indicates that change is not sustainable when we do not meaningfully engage those most impacted by a change (even … | Community Engagement | Curricula/Training Material, NCWWI-Product | 2018 |
| Policy and Community Level Strategies for Integrating Children’s Behavioral Health Services | This brief explains Connecticut Network of Care Transformation (CONNECT) and an approach of integrated statewide network of care that ensures … | Community Engagement | Overview/Summary | 2015 |
| Positioning Public Child Welfare Guidance: Communications | This guide addresses how to develop and implement a strategic communications plan that is aligned with the mission, vision and … | Communication, Community Engagement, Leadership | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2010 |
| A Family Center Spotlight on Father Engagement | This training course, by sharing an organization’s experience engaging fathers, helps individuals and organizations develop and/or grow a father engagement … | Community Engagement | Curricula/Training Material | 2013 |
| A National Imperative: Joining Forces to Strengthen Human Services in America | This report focuses on human services community-based organizations, their economic and social impact, and the need to preserve and strengthen … | Community Engagement | Report/Paper | 2018 |
| An Assessment of Child Welfare Privatization in Nebraska | This study compares the performance of case management functions by Nebraska Families Collaborative (NFC) in the Eastern Service Area with … | Community Engagement | Report/Paper | 2014 |
| Attending to Neglect: Using Metaphors and Explanatory Chains to Reframe Child Neglect in the UK | This report increases the public understanding of the causes of neglect by explaining the role of social determinants, as well … | Community Engagement | Report/Paper | 2015 |
| Bridging Child Welfare and Education Systems | This infographic summarizes results from a statewide focus group study with Minnesota’s social service and education professionals on collaboration across … | Community Engagement | Infographic, Overview/Summary | 2016 |
| Building Agency Capacity For Family Involvement in Child Welfare | This action brief, the first in the Systems of Care Family Involvement Series, addresses capacity building at the child welfare … | Community Engagement | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2008 |
| Building and Sustaining Child Welfare Partnerships | This action brief summarizes systems of care evaluation findings related to collaboration and draws from the lessons learned by systems … | Community Engagement | Overview/Summary | 2011 |
| Building Collaborations Across Child Welfare and Education Systems | This report describes a statewide focus group study with Minnesota’s social service and education professionals on collaboration across child welfare … | Community Engagement | Report/Paper | 2016 |
| Building Community, Building Hope | This video highlights three innovative programs working to prevent and respond to child maltreatment by engaging parents and communities and … | Community Engagement | Video | 2015 |
| Building Cross-System Implementation Centers | This report defines and explores the concept of Centers of Excellence after a learning community of experts tackled key questions: … | Community Engagement | Report/Paper | 2015 |
| Building Systems of Care: A Primer for Child Welfare | Community Engagement | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2008 | |
| Child Welfare Information Gateway: Citizen Review Panels | This webpage provides various resources, which include State and local examples, focusing on the operation of CRBs, including development, preparation … | Community Engagement | Reference/Resource List | 2019 |
| Child Welfare Information Gateway: Public Awareness & Creating Supportive Communities | This webpage provides resources and information focused on creating public awareness as part of an overall approach to preventing child … | Community Engagement | Reference/Resource List | 2019 |
| Child Welfare: Do We All Speak the Same Language Video Training | This webinar, presented by Robin Jensen and Jonathon Growick (Children’s Legal Services), offers ways to optimize communication between all individuals … | Communication, Community Engagement | Webinar/Presentation | 2013 |
| Change & the Roles People Play (2 minute microlearning) | At just over two minutes, this microlearning course provides an overview of the roles people play during different stages of … | Change Implementation, Community Engagement, Organizational Culture and Climate | eLearning Module, NCWWI-Product | 2017 |
| Think Politically (2.5 minute microlearning) | This presentation explores the impact of implicit bias on organizational functioning, training design and delivery, and the broader organizational culture … | Adaptive Leadership, Community Engagement, Organizational Culture and Climate | Curricula/Training Material, NCWWI-Product | 2016 |
| Regulating Distress (3 minute microlearning) | his microlearning focuses on one of the seven behaviors of adaptive leadership – regulating distress. Completing this course will develop … | Adaptive Leadership, Community Engagement, Organizational Culture and Climate, Work Conditions and Benefits | Curricula/Training Material, NCWWI-Product | 2016 |
| Orchestrating Conflict (2 minute microlearning) | Heifetz and his co-authors identified seven major behaviors that can help you address challenges successfully and manage change. This microlearning … | Adaptive Leadership, Community Engagement, Organizational Culture and Climate | Curricula/Training Material, NCWWI-Product | 2016 |
| Get on the Balcony (3 minute microlearning) | This three minute microlearning course provides strategies for “getting on the balcony” which is one of the seven behaviors of … | Adaptive Leadership, Community Engagement, Organizational Culture and Climate | Curricula/Training Material, eLearning Module, NCWWI-Product | 2016 |
| Your Guide to Holding Steady (3.5 minute microlearning) | This microlearning (3 1/2 minutes) explains ways to hold steady, one of the seven behaviors of adaptive leadership, during times … | Adaptive Leadership, Community Engagement, Leadership, Organizational Culture and Climate | Curricula/Training Material, NCWWI-Product | 2016 |
| Defusing Hate: A Strategic Communication Guide to Counteract Dangerous Speech | This tool describes strategic communication to prevent dangerous speech from facilitating group-targeted violence | Communication, Community Engagement, Cultural Responsiveness | Tool/Guide/Manual | 2015 |
| Real Cases: Integrating Child Welfare Practice Across the Social Work Curriculum | This webpage for Real Cases Project aims to broadly expand knowledge and skills of students and faculty concerning social work … | Community Engagement | Curricula/Training Material | 2010 |
| Beyond Professional Education; Trainings: Dynamic University-Agency Partnership for Transfer of Learning, Quality Improvement; Organizational Effectiveness | This webinar describes university-agency relationship-building and developing continuity among county-based child welfare systems; highlights the array of workforce development strategies … | Community Engagement | NCWWI-Product, Webinar/Presentation | 2013 |