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Translating Kin-First Commitments Into Practice: Management Strategies for Child Welfare Leaders

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Supporting Kin-First Care

Translating Kin-First Commitments Into Practice: Management Strategies for Child Welfare Leaders

Investing in the Homelessness Response Workforce: Training in Data-Centric Approaches as a Workforce Support

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Investing in the Homeless Response Workforce

Investing in the Homelessness Response Workforce: Training in Data-Centric Approaches as a Workforce Support

New Measures of Public Safety: A Youth-Led Vision in Saint Paul

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Exploring Community-Based Public Safety Solutions

New Measures of Public Safety: A Youth-Led Vision in Saint Paul

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Supporting Governments in Improving Resident Outcomes: Highlights from 2023

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Supporting Governments in Improving Resident Outcomes: Highlights from 2023

Launching Alternative 911 Emergency Response in the San Gabriel Valley

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Strengthening Alternative 911 Emergency Response

Launching Alternative 911 Emergency Response in the San Gabriel Valley

Driving Government Performance: Strengthening Alternative Emergency Response through Executive Education

Participant at the GPL's Alternative 911 Emergency Response Executive Education program speaking to the classroom.

Strengthening Alternative 911 Emergency Response

Driving Government Performance: Strengthening Alternative Emergency Response through Executive Education

How to Build a System that Never Stops Looking for Kin: Challenges and Opportunities in Keeping Family the Focus

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Supporting Kin-First Care

How to Build a System that Never Stops Looking for Kin: Challenges and Opportunities in Keeping Family the Focus

Supporting Kin Caregivers: Why Government Engagement Beyond the Foster Care System Matters

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Supporting Kin-First Care

Supporting Kin Caregivers: Why Government Engagement Beyond the Foster Care System Matters

The Journey to a Well-Being-Oriented System

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Preventing Child Welfare Contact

The Journey to a Well-Being-Oriented System

Data-Driven Performance Management: How Judges in a Texas County Reduced Burdens on People Awaiting Trial and Pretrial Agency Staff

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Advancing Pretrial Justice

Data-Driven Performance Management: How Judges in a Texas County Reduced Burdens on People Awaiting Trial and Pretrial Agency Staff

A “Health-First” Approach to Behavioral Health Crises in Washington, D.C.

Dana Brooks, Senior Program Manager for D.C.’s Community Response Team; Gloria Gong, Executive Director of the Government Performance Lab; and Dr. Richard Bebout, Chief of Crisis Services at the D.C. Department of Behavioral Health, at a recent panel hosted by Blue Meridian Partners.

Strengthening Alternative 911 Emergency Response

A “Health-First” Approach to Behavioral Health Crises in Washington, D.C.

Scaling Alternative 911 Emergency Response Programs: Actionable Insights from Four Experts in the Field

Strengthening Alternative 911 Emergency Response

Scaling Alternative 911 Emergency Response Programs: Actionable Insights from Four Experts in the Field

Beyond Child Protective Services: Reimagining Family Support by Investing in Community-Based Voluntary Services

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Preventing Child Welfare Contact

Beyond Child Protective Services: Reimagining Family Support by Investing in Community-Based Voluntary Services

Mayor to Mayor: Taking the Lead on Police Accountability

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Exploring Community-Based Public Safety Solutions

Mayor to Mayor: Taking the Lead on Police Accountability

Lessons from the Field: Reducing Burdensome Requirements for Pretrial Clients in Harris County, TX

Advancing Pretrial Justice

Lessons from the Field: Reducing Burdensome Requirements for Pretrial Clients in Harris County, TX

Building a Responsive Pretrial Supervision System in Harris County, Texas

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Advancing Pretrial Justice

Building a Responsive Pretrial Supervision System in Harris County, Texas

Data Doesn’t Speak For Itself: Using Data and Partnerships to Better Support Families

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Preventing Child Welfare Contact

Data Doesn’t Speak For Itself: Using Data and Partnerships to Better Support Families

Selecting 911 Calls for Alternative Emergency Response

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Strengthening Alternative 911 Emergency Response