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title: Incorporating Lived Experience Into Child Welfare Capacity Building
description: This resource explores the integration of lived experience into capacity building within child welfare systems. It highlights strategies to incorporate perspectives from individuals with direct experience in child welfare services to enhance policy, practice, and service delivery. The focus is…
url: "https://bridges4mentalhealth.org/hub/youth-family-engagement/incorporating-lived-experience-into-child-welfare-capacity-building-2-2/"
updated: "2026-07-31"
category: Engagement of Lived Experience
tags:
  - Audience
  - Child welfare professionals
  - TA sites
---

# Incorporating Lived Experience Into Child Welfare Capacity Building

This resource explores the integration of lived experience into capacity building within child welfare systems. It highlights strategies to incorporate perspectives from individuals with direct experience in child welfare services to enhance policy, practice, and service delivery. The focus is on fostering collaboration between professionals and those with lived experience to improve outcomes for children and families involved in the child welfare system.

 

[Read More](https://acf.gov/sites/default/files/documents/cb/Incorporating%20Lived%20Experience%20Into%20Child%20Welfare%20Capacity%20Building.pdf)

 

 

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