A6 – Re-Imagining a Prevention-Focused and Equitable Child Welfare System for the 21st Century – Opening Session (Spotlight Track)

Re-imagining child welfare for the 21st century requires new perspectives if prevention and race equity are to be attainable. This CWLA facilitated plenary session opens Re-Imagining a Prevention-Focused and Equitable Child Welfare System for the 21st Century with a dialogue among innovative child welfare and human service leaders. Bryan Samuels, Executive Director at Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, together with federal leaders from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will explore the current policy context and re-imagine what’s possible to both dramatically prevent the need for child welfare system involvement in the lives of families and to achieve race equity.

Presenters: Bryan Samuels, Chapin Hall, Chicago, IL; Christine James-Brown, CWLA, Washington, DC; Aysha Schomburg, Children's Bureau, Washington, DC; Miranda Lynch-Smith, Office of Human Services Policy, Washington, DC