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Recently, several states have developed initiatives that engage all three branches to improve outcomes for children and families.
Get Started NowThe appendices that follow provide additional frameworks for state leaders to use while they build the core elements of their three- branch approach, launch a three-branch initiative, create strategic plans and work to operationalize lessons-learned from other states. State child welfare systems can benefit from a collaborative, statewide effort to engage the three branches of government in planning, implementation and oversight of important issues. The three-branch approach will not be easy; relationship-building is at the heart of these efforts, and while this process can be quite difficult, it can also be extremely rewarding as states identify and address a range of systemic policy and practice issues. It is our hope that states will be able to use this process to address new issues and concerns as they arise and that viewing child welfare, and other state systems, through a three-branch lens will become commonplace.
Recently, several states have developed initiatives that engage all three branches to improve outcomes for children and families.
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