As a result of this presentation, participants will gain awareness of:
- The need for effective, research supported strategies to improve recruitment and retention of the Child Welfare workforce;
- The approach used by the Quality Improvement Center for Workforce Development (QIC-WD) to identify workforce needs and suitable interventions to test;
- The need for manualized interventions and rigorous evaluation designs and how these designs minimize alternative explanations for outcomes; and
- The value of assessing readiness for workforce change and evaluation.