Home Visiting and Child Welfare: From Policy to Nuts and Bolts

In this webinar we will discuss how states can provide home visiting to families before they come to the attention of the child welfare system, and to families in the system whose children are still at home. We will hear “on- the- ground” perspectives from two states, Indiana and Illinois, about how they reach out to and engage families in home visiting, and the effectiveness of home visiting for preventing child welfare system involvement. In addition, the executive director of the Association of State and Tribal Home Visiting Initiatives will provide a national perspective on barriers to these cross-systems partnerships, and how states can overcome those challenges.

Panelists:

• Pfeffer Eisen, Director, Erikson Institute DCFS Early Childhood Project
• Kimberly A. Mann, Ph.D., L.C.S.W., Chairperson, Department of Social Work at Chicago State University
• Catriona Macdonald, Founder and President of Linchpin Strategies, LLC
• David Reed, Deputy Director of Child Welfare Services, Indiana Department of Child Services