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Social Work

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National Child Welfare Workforce Instituate (NCWWI) Resources
NCWWI develops and hosts workforce development resources for child welfare practitioners, supervisors, managers, leaders, students, faculty, researchers, policymakers and other professionals.
Learning & Living Leadership: A ToolKit
Created by NCWWI, this tool kit, which targets leadership in child welfare at multiple levels, is used as a stand-alone aid or as a way to supplement other agency professional development programs on leadership.
Indian Child Welfare Research Guides
Guides created by the National Indian Law Library.

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Covers nursing and allied health journal articles, book chapters, and dissertations, as well as providing summarized evidence-based resources such as care sheets and quick lessons.
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