Quarterly Report_Q3 FY2026
Program Updates
Core Trainings
Workforce Core
The newly redesigned Workforce Core Training (WFC) launched in Q1 FY2026. Eight initial cohorts were completed in Q1 and Q2, which formed the foundation for initial evaluations.
The Alliance, DCYF and Partners for Our Children will convene a workgroup that will meet in April, May and June to review evaluation findings and make recommendations for any necessary revisions to the training.
Caregiver Core Training
The redesign of Caregiver Core Training launched in Q3, in both English and Spanish. The new CCT consists of six eLearnings that include voices from former youth placed in care, current caregivers, and parents who have been involved in the child welfare system.
Initial feedback around the content from more than 200 learners was overwhelmingly positive. Participants appreciated the perspective the training gave them, actionable tips and the engagement of a variety of system-involved individuals.
Opportunities for improvement live mostly in the technological aspects of the training. Navigation, browser issues and other “glitches” were notable challenges.
Internal Processes and Policies
This quarter, The Alliance introduced a new marketing process and finalized a report evaluating the progress of the Trainer Standards.
Marketing Request Form: This form streamlines marketing requests so they go through a central communications channel, creating consistency for staff. The form proactively gathers all necessary details to evaluate which channels are best suited for the need.
Trainer Standards Report: This report pulls together information the CQI team gathered while engaging in observations throughout 2025, completing an observation with almost every Alliance facilitator and contractor. The report summarizes and analyzes the data from 33 observations.
Social Determinants of Health launch
The Effects of Historical and Present Day Trauma on the Social Determinants of Health launched in Q2, with offerings in November and January. The course supports learners in understanding how to best work with and support wellness in Indigenous families and communities. The content examines how adverse childhood experiences become normalized and perpetuated through social construction, how it can and does inform decision making, and ways to partner with our tribal partners to improve outcomes and promote wellness.
Initial findings noted learners appreciated the opportunities for group discussion and wanted more of them. The overview of factors contributing to client trauma helped strengthen perspectives. Feedback also showed that there are ways the training can be improved, including incorporating different media or examining how other social identities overlap with trauma.
"I found the links between generational/historic trauma, ACEs, and current trauma very useful, because it is easy for me to view current issues/traumas as barriers to overcome as they are very tangible, but past and generational trauma has a huge impact on the families we work with as well."
By the Numbers*
* Scale of 1 to 6
Course Launches
Click each title for a description of courses launched this quarter.
The Caregiver Core Training (CCT) redesign launched in January. CCT is made up of six eLearning sessions, approximately two hours each, designed to support basic knowledge for caregivers. CCT includes voices from former youth placed in care, current caregivers, and parents who have been involved in the child welfare system. CCT is fully online.
This training offers learners the information they need to provide Qualified Expert Witness testimony in Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families Indian Child Welfare cases. This training provides an overview of background information on the history and impacts of colonization on Native American and Alaska Native children and families that led to the passage of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, an introductory level overview of the Indian Child Welfare Act and Washington Indian Child Welfare Act, an overview of DCYF Dependency Cases, and a detailed look at QEW purpose, qualifications, and procedures.
This training prepares caseworkers to partner with young adults in Extended Foster Care (EFC) using a person-centered, developmentally appropriate, and trauma-informed approach.
Learners explore the history and purpose of EFC, gain skills to support youth-driven transition planning, and apply engagement strategies rooted in strength discovery, futures planning, and real-life practice. Emphasis is placed on inclusive documentation, healthcare navigation, housing stability, and the development of lifelong supportive connections.
The Intake In-Service course supports new staff working at Intake to gain the knowledge and skills they need to be effective in gathering and documenting information, and in screening intakes. Each of these modules confer independent credit.
This eLearning course provides an overview of the permanency pathways that support both reunification and early planning for legal permanency after a child’s removal.
Courses in Progress
These courses are currently in development:
- Caring for Family, Caring for Yourself: A Guide for Kinship Caregivers
- CFWS In Service: Assessing Safety
- CFWS In Service: Engaging Families
- CFWS In Service: Permanency for Every Child
- CFWS In Service: CFE, Court Report and Case Planning
- CFWS In Service: Working with Adolescents
- CPS In Service Module 1: Assessing Safety
- CPS In Service Module 2: Family Assessment Response
- CPS In Service Module 3: Investigations and Complex Investigations
- CPS In Service Module 4: Placement, Prevention & Court Prep
- CPS In Service Module 5: Case Closure & Documentation
- FVS In Service: On Going Assessment of Safety
- FVS In Service: Engaging Families
- FVS In Service: Family Assessment
- FVS In Service: Dependency Filing and/or Case Closure
- Healthy Sexual Development
- Human Trafficking Training (CSEC)
- Human Trafficking Training (CSEC) (eLearning) Workforce
- Human Trafficking Training (CSEC) (eLearning) Caregiver
- Infant Safety for Caregivers (eLearning)
- Mandatory Reporter
- Pathways to Permanency: 1.4: Post Permanency Support eLearning
- Substance Use: Recognizing & Setting Boundaries
- Supporting LGBTQIA+ Children, Youth and Families
- Washington State Indian Child Welfare
Training Summary
* Data for Q2 Workforce Core completions is not available.
Training Attendance and Feedback
View Registrations and Completions for Workforce and Caregivers/Non-DCYF Staff.
View Survey Completions for Workforce and Caregivers.