E&CM Values and Beliefs

INTEGRITY: Integrity is the quality of being honest and fair, adhering to moral and ethical principles, a soundness of moral character. This describes how members of our organization will “show up” and how members will treat others and expect to be treated.

RESPECT: Respect is the quality or state of being esteemed. Respect for our families, stakeholders, and colleagues is fundamental to belonging. We will develop mutual respect with colleagues, community partners, and the population served by using more thoughtful language.

LANGUAGE: Language is vital to building rapport and recognizing the importance of the tools we use to communicate with each other, including how we discuss our families and colleagues. We will need to be mindful that language is ever-changing, and we will need to adapt to it as we learn and grow.

CULTURAL HUMILITY: Cultural humility is a process of self-reflection and growth in order to build awareness about power, privilege, and prejudices. It requires a life-long commitment to learning and a commitment to be aware of and actively mitigate power imbalances rooted in cultural identity. This framework is important as race equity becomes the norm at CFSA and inclusion is part of our everyday operations.

DEIB Partnerships

Equity and change management occurs throughout CFSA and does not occur in isolation. CFSA works on the local and national level. Our partnerships create opportunities to share strategies, approaches, and best practices with other jurisdictions, and to learn new ways to work towards our vision.

DC Mayor's Office of Racial Equity

The Mayor’s Office of Racial Equity (ORE) works in collaboration with District leadership and agencies to

Provide leadership, guidance, and technical assistance to District agencies on racial equity to improve the quality of life for Washingtonians.

Promote strategic alignment and coordinate the District’s efforts toward achieving racial equity.

Strengthen external partnerships with local racial and social justice organizations through meaningful community engagement.

CFSA has partnered with ORE through the Data Standards and Race Equity Action Team Cohorts.

Mayor's Office of Racial Equity

Data for Equity and Action Lab

The Center for the Study of Social Policy, in partnership with Casey Family Programs launched the Data for Equity and Action (D4EA) Lab to strategize with child welfare jurisdictions about how to collect, analyze and use demographic data to advance equity. CFSA is participating in a current cohort to:

Grow capacity to collect, analyze, report, and use demographic information (including race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, Tribal affiliation, nationality, among other identify markers);

Connect with peers and experts across the country;

Build collective knowledge in and skills on how to leverage demographic data to advance equity;

Engage in curated learning sessions that highlight best practices; and

Center equity, intersectionality, and anti-racism across strategies.

Data for Equity and Action

Thriving Families,
Safer Children

Under the DC CFSA Office of Community Partnerships, Thriving Families Safer Children has worked to create opportunities to operationalize CFSA's commitment to Keeping DC Families Together by transitioning from a child welfare agency to a child and family well-begin system. This work is done by engaging with Advocates, Community Advisory Council members, Community Based Organizations, Community Constituents with Lived Experience, and Government Agencies.

National TFSC Initiative

DEIB Resources

Philosophical Statement

DEIB Glossary

DEIB Steering Committee

Culture & Climate Report

CDC Guidance: Preferred Terms for Select Population Groups & Communities

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Equity & Change Management is focused on implementing the work of DC Child and Family Services Agency’s (CFSA) Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) Steering Committee. The steering committee was established in October 2020 in response to a nationwide focus on DEI and disproportionality in child welfare.

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E&CM Values and Beliefs

DEIB Partnerships

DEIB Resources

Child Welfare Training Academy

Equity & Change Management

Workforce Clinical Well-Being

Child Welfare
Training Academy

Equity & Change
Management

Workforce
Clinical Well-Being