We’re here to address common problems in child welfare systems.

We’ll work with you to choose which CWEL strategies your agency would benefit from. Each selected CWEL site will receive support in both recruitment and retention.

How can your agency receive these services from CWEL? Fill out an interest form and our team will be in touch.

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Or, explore our strategies at a glance.

CoachUp

Retention goal:

To develop the supervisors who people want to work for. This is all about retaining staff by giving supervisors the tools they need to lead healthy teams.

At a glance:

  • Coach cohorts of supervisors for 12-15 months, with tailored support depending on the agency’s coaching baseline
  • Provide self-paced learning opportunities on key foundations of building relational supervision practices, such as navigating positional power, creating growth opportunities for staff, and repairing relationships with your team
  • Facilitate one-on-one coaching and group learning sessions

Clinical Bridge

Retention goal:

Right now, people pursuing their clinical licensure often have to leave their child welfare roles to do so. We’ll help you create ways for them to stay AND pursue their licensure.

At a glance:

  • Conduct organizational assessments and pinpoint infrastructure needs
  • Identify key decision-makers and garner their support
  • Establish a pathway to clinical social work licensure for child welfare professionals
  • Create a site-specific framework for development, implementation, and sustainability

RiseUp Fellowship

Retention goal:

To ensure leaders are supported in improving child welfare systems, leading to better outcomes for children and families.

At a glance:

  • Enhance leadership skills with a 12-month fellowship of 20 agency-based emerging leaders
  • Focus on leadership development and integrate an organizational change project with a foundational learning curriculum
  • Provide individualized professional coaching and facilitated group discussions
  • Work with agency leaders through organizational change projects that address challenges within the workforce and within the communities being served

Culture Keepers Fellowship

Retention goal:

To ensure Indigenous child welfare leaders are supported in transforming child welfare within the context of a specific Tribe’s culture, promoting the cultural well-being of Indigenous children.

At a glance:

  • Project-based learning opportunities and leadership development training, facilitated by Indigenous leaders
  • An emphasis on healing among fellows, with facilitated peer support

Educational Pathways

Recruitment goal:

To encourage more college graduates to choose careers in child welfare, specifically in your jurisdiction.

At a glance:

  • We work with agencies and universities to increase enrollment into Title IV-E stipend programs.
  • We leverage financial support to expand the scope of those offered Title IV-E stipends.
  • Selected sites receive support in building their organizational capacity for retaining graduates.
  • Robust partnerships will be built with universities.
  • Apprenticeship programs are available for community college graduates.
  • Tailored support is available for people who have lived experience in foster care and first-generation college graduates.