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Presents five principles to help ensure research and evaluation efforts are addressing racial and ethnic equity. Explores principles such as examining one’s own biases, digging deeper into the data, and recognizing that research and evaluation efforts themselves have an impact on communities.

Explores the needs behind and principles for services agencies can provide during the pre-permanence timeframe, offering examples of promising programs.

Helps agencies consider ways to be intentional about advancing race equity while implementing new child welfare programs and practices.

Explores recent research that investigates placement decisions and outcomes for former foster children adopted by relatives.

Aims to help child welfare agencies use data effectively to improve outcomes for children and families. It highlights the five steps in the framework: defining an area of focus, using data to explain issues, selecting strategies /tools, designing and implementing a plan and monitoring/evaluating progress. It emphasizes collaboration with staff, community partners and stakeholders as well as discusses the need for ongoing assessment and adjustment to ensure data-driven improvements in child welfare practices.

Presents initiatives to drive systemic changes in Michigan’s child welfare system. With a focus on fostering racial equity, presenters will delve into strategies, initiatives and frameworks that infuse racial equity into everyday practice.

Offers adoption professionals insights into the dynamics of grandfamilies, including strategies for managing birth parent relationships and accessing post-adoption resources. Users will need to create an account and use the code NCEPSFREE to access webinar. A training certificate is available.

Provides the historical background, summary, analysis, resources and program tools related to Title IV-E funded subsidized guardianship/Guardianship Assistance (KinGAP) in all 50 states.

Emphasizes the benefits of placing children with kin, such as reduced trauma, improved well-being, and better permanency outcomes. This article outlines the Guardianship Assistance Program (GAP), which provides financial assistance and other supports to children in kinship care who are eligible for federal foster care payments. The brief discusses barriers to GAP as well as suggests strategies to promote a kin-first culture, expand financial support and increase stakeholder buy-in for GAP.

Explains data-driven decision making (DDDM), a process for deciding on a course of action based on data. Describes the requirements of DDDM and the steps for applying DDDM concepts to organizations and service systems.