How to Build a Bridge: Policy, Practice, and Relationships in Cross-Systems Collaboration

Are you a “bridge builder”? Are you someone who seeks to make connections between systems that provide programs and services to young children and their families?

In this webinar, you will learn:

• What Illinois found out from two communities about barriers and challenges to enrolling children in foster care in early care and education programs.
• How Kansas created institutional linkages with the input of those with lived experience in their “KAN-LINK” program.
• How Washington State’s CWELN program (Child Welfare Early Learning Navigator) uses a team approach to help families navigate both systems to get their children the services they need.

Please join us on Thursday, March 13, 2025 to learn and be inspired to act in your state.

Panelists:

• Amy Dworsky, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow, Chapin Hall
• Jon Korfmacher, Chapin Hill
• Erin Mountin, Child Welfare Early Learning Navigator, Washington
• Regan Pierce, Child Welfare Early Learning Navigator, Washington
• Jennifer Welch Buller, Research Project Manager, University of Kansas Center for Public Partnerships and Research
• Shelby Yada, Child Welfare Early Learning Navigator, Washington

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¿Es usted un “constructor de puentes”? ¿Es usted alguien que busca establecer conexiones entre sistemas que brindan programas y servicios a niños pequeños y sus familias?

En este seminario web, aprenderá:

• Lo que Illinois descubrió en dos comunidades sobre las barreras y desafíos para inscribir a niños en hogares de crianza en programas de educación y cuidado infantil.
• Cómo Kansas creó vínculos institucionales con el aporte de quienes tuvieron experiencia vivida en su programa “KAN-LINK”.
• Cómo el programa CWELN (Child Welfare Early Learning Navigator) del estado de Washington utiliza un enfoque de equipo para ayudar a las familias a navegar ambos sistemas para brindarles a sus hijos los servicios que necesitan.

Panelistas

• Amy Dworsky, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow, Chapin Hall
• Jon Korfmacher, Chapin Hall
• Erin Mountin, Child Welfare Early Learning Navigator, Washington
• Regan Pierce, Child Welfare Early Learning Navigator, Washington
• Jennifer Welch Buller, Research Project Manager, University of Kansas Center for Public Partnerships and Research
• Shelby Yada, Child Welfare Early Learning Navigator, Washington

Moderadora
Cynthia L. Tate, PhD

Únase a nosotros el jueves 13 de marzo para aprender e inspirarse para actuar en su estado.

Regístrese aquí para el 13 de marzo.