Dear Leaders Tool
This resource includes starting points for child welfare leaders who seek to bring family voice and power into the system.
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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 All Families project engages child welfare agencies across the United States, providing resources, technical assistance and training on best practices for supporting and serving LGBTQ youth and LGBTQ families. Additional resources and websites for more …
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 who are at greater risk for future victimization, through collaborative responses. It provides background information about the issue, including its scope and relevant Federal legislation and initiatives, and strategies that agencies can implement to address …
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TeamFirst A Field Guide for Safe, Reliable, and Effective Child Welfare Teams
A reference book for safe, reliable and more effective teamwork. Readers will find descriptions of specific team-based strategies and tactics that work and are illustrated with some real-life examples of implementations in the field.
Annie E. Casey Family First Communication Toolkit
A downloadable toolkit to help child welfare leaders, providers, advocates, and others talk about how the Family First Prevention Services Act can help improve outcomes for children and families.
Family First Toolkit Part 3: Evaluating & Improving Quality
The tools in this kit align with the second phase of Family First Implementation: evaluating and improving quality. These tools focus on identifying and collecting the necessary data for Family First CQI and provide guidance to help jurisdictions build the infrastructure for a CQI process that identifies gaps in performance, explores underlying conditions, and promotes …
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Family First Toolkit Part 2: Implementation & Change Management
The tools in this kit align with the second phase of Family First Implementation: implementation and change management. These Chapin Hall tools provide a systematic way for jurisdictions to think through their vision and plan the activities that will help them reach their goals.
Family First Toolkit Part 1: Planning & Readiness
The tools in this kit align with the first phase of Family First Implementation: planning and readiness. These tools from Chapin Hall provide a systematic way for jurisdictions to think through their vision and plan the activities that will help them reach their goals – from targeting audiences, to engaging stakeholders, to aligning family service …
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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 research accessible to the field, and to promote testing and evaluation of key strategies. The Methods Report, a companion to the five equity bulletins and toolkit, describes the approach and methods used to develop strategies …
Family Engagement Playbook
A collection of research-based actionable resources to strengthen individual competencies and organizational support for meaningful family engagement.