How can child welfare programs advance racial equity through evaluation? This podcast follows Grace Atukpawu-Tipton, Ph.D., M.S.W., senior research associate and director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at James Bell Associates, as she talks with experts in racial and ethnic equity, disparity, and disproportionality in child welfare and other human service systems. Join them as they explore approaches and methods to apply an equity framework in the evaluation of child welfare programs and practices. In this first episode, Dr. Atukpawu-Tipton talks with her JBA colleague Tess Abrahamson-Richards, M.P.H., a senior research associate specializing in tribal evaluation and a member of the Spokane Tribe in Washington State. Ms. Abrahamson-Richards draws on her extensive experience to share lessons learned in conducting evaluations involving Native communities. She discusses the importance of bringing cultural humility, partnering with communities throughout the entire evaluation process, and including American Indian/Alaska Native as a demographic category in data sets. This podcast is especially relevant for Children’s Bureau child welfare discretionary grantees in planning and implementing evaluations of their funded projects. It is produced and distributed by James Bell Associates on behalf of the Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, under contract number HHSP233201500133I.