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Brief

Youth Thrive Survey Request for Support

January 2020

This is a questionnaire for jurisdictions and organizations to request assistance with the Youth Thrive Survey.

Webinar

Building an Early Learning Community: Orientation to the Digital Progress Rating Tool

January 2020

In this webinar, attendees learned about the building blocks of an Early Learning Community and learn how to use exciting new, free tools that can help you assess your current efforts and build an action plan.

Webinar

Building Blocks for Early Learning Communities

January 2020

This webinar focused on a new digital tool available for communities to assess and improve upon their efforts to work across systems to become an Early Learning Community - and learn about how the building blocks of Early Learning Communities point us toward opportunities to help families build protective factors throughout our communities.

Report

People of the State of CA v. Humboldt County DHHS and Sheriff’s Office (March 1 – August 31, 2019)

December 2019

This report assesses Humboldt County’s Department of Health and Human Services, Child Welfare Services, and Humboldt County’s Sheriff’s Office’s progress in sustaining and performing corrective actions, focusing on March 1 to August 31, 2019, of a stipulated judgment filed by California’s Attorney General’s Office. The report contains recommendations of CSSP (the compliance monitor) for meeting and sustaining outstanding requirements of the Judgment. 

Brief

Literature Review: The Evidence Decision-Makers Want

December 2019

This summary paper considers the main themes identified from a literature review of 27 sources related to the evidence needs of policymakers and is intended to investigate the research evidence on what types of information policymakers want and need to make social policy decisions.

(15 pp)

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Brief

Executive Summary: The Evidence Decision-Makers Want

December 2019

This brief summarizes the wide range of decisions leaders in public sector human services consider and explores evidence primarily from the perspective of decision-makers who work within these public systems.

(4 pp)

If you're looking for the main report, click here.

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Report

The Evidence Decision-Makers Want

December 2019

This report explores how decision-makers in public sector human services consider and use evidence, identify what evidence they want and need, and offers recommendations for how these leaders can contribute to wider use of different types of evidence to inform the full range of their work.

Click here for an executive summary of the report.

(29 pp)

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Webinar

Part II: Common Threads to Transform Systems

December 2019

This webinar takes a deeper dive into the barriers that are likely holding back or limiting large-scale adoption of the common practices among pediatric primary care teams nationwide. We will describe our recommendations for action: (1) building national leadership for systems change, (2) identification and elimination of specific systemic barriers, and (3) supporting pediatric primary care team and community readiness.

This webinar shares learnings from Fostering Social and Emotional Health: Common Threads to Transform Everyday Practice and Systems; read the full report here and the executive summary here.

Webinar

Part I: Common Threads To Transform Everyday Practice

December 2019

This webinar shares the 14 Common Practices and describes examples of how they are being implemented by the exemplary programs and pediatric settings CSSP visited and highlights stories from the staff and families from those site visits.

This webinar shares learnings from Fostering Social and Emotional Health: Common Threads to Transform Everyday Practice and Systems; read the full report here and the executive summary here.

Video

Innovative Approaches to Disseminating Training on the Protective Factors

November 2019

This webinar is about innovative ways Strengthening Families training is being provided around the country, including discussion on online training modules for child welfare system of care workers in West Virginia and online learning activities from the Prevention Board in Wisconsin.