Supporting a Safe Culture that Surfaces Problems: Transforming Child Welfare into High-Reliability Organizations Heather H. Kestian Deputy Director for Strategic Solutions and Agency Transformation, Indiana Department of Child Services While working in child welfare over the course of the past 11 years, I have seen a number of excellent employees leave child welfare as a
Rita L. Soronen President & CEO, Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption The following is an excerpt. To download Reflections on Child Welfare Areas of Practice, Issues, and Service Populations, Volume 2. “Adolescence is the transitional bridge between childhood and adulthood; it encompasses developmental milestones that are unique to this age group. Healthy development is both
David Hansell Commissioner, NYC Administration for Children’s Services The following is an excerpt. To download Reflections on Child Welfare Areas of Practice, Issues, and Service Populations, Volume 2, click here. Diversity is what makes New York City one of the greatest cities on earth—and is why I’ve made it my home. But behind the vibrancy
Adverse Childhood Experiences Research Drives University–Community Collaboration to Build Community Resilience Published in Children’s Voice, Volume 29, Number 2 By Heather Larkin, David A. Wallace, Anthony Cortese, Katharine Briar-Lawson, Camela M. Hughes, Dana Peterson, Lisa Good, and Sreyashi Chakravarty This article describes the university– community collaboration that developed in the Capital Region of New York over
Partnering to Improve Child Welfare in New Jersey Published in Children's Voice, Volume 29, Number 2 by Dawn Konrady and DuWayne Battle A number of years ago, I walked from my office to the parking lot that was at the opposite end of campus. Standing there, I wondered about the role and responsibility a university
Valuing Collaboration: An Innovative Model to Improve Health Care Services in a Child Welfare Agency Published in Children's Voice, Volume 29, Number 2 by Audrey Smolkin, Linda Sagor, and Jessica Coolidge It has been a common practice for decades for state governments to establish partnerships with their university systems for training and workforce development, support
The Impact of COVID-19 on Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Preserving their Resilience and Establishing a University-Community Partnership Reassurance Program Published in Children's Voice, Volume 29, Number 2 by Robert L. Cosby Economic insecurity and its negative effect on family well-being is an area of increasing concern. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic only has exacerbated these issues (Cosby
Twenty Years of Collaboration for Change: A University-Community Partnership to Support Rural Kinship Families Published in Children's Voice, Volume 29, Number 2 By Jennifer A. Crittenden, Elizabeth Armstrong, Travis Bryant, and Bette Hoxie The benefits of university-community partnerships are well documented in the literature and include a range of impacts, from learning opportunities for students
Parents as Teachers: Using Virtual Technology in Service Delivery to Children and Families who are Vulnerable Published in Children’s Voice, Volume 29, Number 2 by Eric Clark When the COVID-19 pandemic first began ravaging communities and disrupting the lives of families with young children, Parents as Teachers (PAT), an early childhood home visiting program, moved
LaShanda Taylor Adams, JD The following is an excerpt. To download Reflections on Child Welfare Areas of Practice, Issues, and Service Populations, Volume 1, click here. In 1995, Professor Martin Guggenheim of the New York University (NYU) School of Law coined the term “legal orphan” and estimated that nationwide, there were between 40,000 and 80,000
