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Conversation Starters

Use this resource to guide your conversations with partners to engage them, reframe the child welfare conversation, and begin to cocreate a vision for a more prevention-focused system.

Publication year: 2025
Author: Capacity Building Center for States (updated by NCWCIA)

Description

This resource offers structured activities and prompts to help child welfare professionals, partners, and communities cocreate a shared vision for a system that prevents child maltreatment by strengthening families. It is designed to shift entrenched mindsets, foster dialogue, and guide teams in envisioning and implementing prevention-oriented strategies.

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Change and Implementation (C&I)
Tools
Prevention Planning
Implementation Planning
Partnerships

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