Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services

Nebraska Progress Update – Addressing Secondary Traumatic Stress
Posted on June 2, 2020

Nebraska is building resiliency to address worker turnover. This post provides an update on their implementation of CFS Strong, a three-part model to address secondary trauma among child welfare workers and supervisors.

CFS Strong – Building a Resilient Workforce
Posted on March 6, 2020

“It’s extremely important that we have a continuum of care, much like we do for the families that we serve,” said one Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services Children and Family Services (CFS) Area Administrator.

Nebraska Is Building a Resilient Workforce

The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services’ Children and Family Services (CFS) partnered with the QIC-WD to strengthen its child welfare workforce. The team created CFS Strong to address secondary traumatic stress (STS). This video features CFS staff discussing how STS impacts their job and how CFS Strong is designed to address it. The QIC-WD is studying this intervention and will report on evaluation results in the future.

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Why the Nebraska DHHS wants a stong workforce

The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) wants to build a strong workforce to better support families they serve.

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CFS Strong - Building a Resilient Workforce
Posted on July 23, 2019

This video, created by the Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services, summarizes CFS Strong, the Nebraska initiative to strengthen their workforce as part of the QIC-WD.

Nebraska: Addressing Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS)
Posted on February 13, 2019

Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services will address STS among child welfare workers and supervisors.

Nebraska Selects a Workforce Intervention: Addressing Secondary Traumatic Stress
Posted on January 14, 2019

The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services Division of Children and Family Services (DCFS) workforce intervention will address secondary traumatic stress (STS) among frontline staff and supervisors.

QIC-WD Site Intervention Selection – Fall 2018
Posted on October 18, 2018

The QIC-WD sites have selected their workforce interventions! Learn about the range of interventions that will be implemented and tested to build knowledge about what works to improve worker retention in the field of child welfare.