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Family Involvement in Public Child Welfare Driven Systems of Care

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National Technical Assistance and Evaluation Center for Systems of Care
Year Published 2008

Demonstration Sites and References

Improving Child Welfare Outcomes Through Systems of Care Demonstration Sites

CA-Partnering4Permanency-Valerie Earley, Project Director vearley@ehsd.cccounty.us

CO-Jefferson County System of Care-Susan Franklin, Project Director SFrankli@jeffco.us

KS-Family Centered Systems of Care-Beth Evans, Project Director beth.evans@srs.ks.gov

NC-Improving Child Welfare Outcomes through Systems of Care-Candice Britt, Project Director candice.britt@ncmail.net

ND-Medicine Moon Initiative: Improving Tribal Child Welfare Outcomes Through Systems of Care-Deb Painte, Project Director debp@nativeinstitute.org

NV-Caring Communities Project-Tiffany Hesser, Project Director HesserTi@co.clark.nv.us

NY-The CRADLE in Bedford Stuyvesant: A Systems of Care Initiative-Nigel Nathaniel, Project Director Nigel.Nathaniel@dfa.state.ny.us

OR-Improving Permanency Outcomes Project-Patrick Melius, Project Director Patrick.J.Melius@state.or.us

PA-Locally Organized Systems of Care-Andrea Richardson, Project Director c-arichard@state.pa.us

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References

Cohen, E., & Canan, L. (2006). Closer to home: Parent mentors in child welfare. Child Welfare, 85, 867-884.

Chrislip, D. (2002). The collaborative leadership fieldbook: A guide for citizens and civic leaders. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Dawson, K., & Berry, M. (2002). Engaging families in child welfare services: An evidence-based approach to best practice. Child Welfare, 81, 293-317.

Jennings, J. (2002, January). Parent leadership: Successful strategies. Retrieved February 20, 2007, from https://friendsnrc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Successful-Strategies-of-Parent-Leadership.pdf

Milner, J. (2003, January). Changing the culture of the workplace. Plenary session presented at the Annual Meeting of States and Tribes. Retrieved March 15, 2007, from https://www.acf.hhs.gov/cb/speech/changing-culture-workplace

Parents Anonymous. (2005). Pathways to meaningful shared leadership. Retrieved February 21, 2007, from https://parentsanonymous.org/assets/Research-on-Shared-Leadership-2005.pdf (PDF - 1371 KB)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Children, Youth and Families. (2005). Child Maltreatment 2003. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Whipple, C., & Zalenski, J. (2006, January). The other side of the desk: Honoring diverse voices and restoring effective practice in child welfare and family services. Retrieved February 19, 2007, from http://centerforchildwelfare.fmhi.usf.edu/kb/cultcomp/CultCompHonDivVoices.pdf

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