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Child Welfare and Early Childhood: Cross-Systems Collaboration to Improve Outcomes for Young Children and Their Families: Cross-Systems Engagement

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February 22, 2022
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This slide deck is from the second webinar of the Child Welfare and Early Childhood: Cross-Systems Collaboration to Improve Outcomes for Young Children and Their Families series.

This session looked at what it will take for the child welfare workforce and the early childhood workforce to collaborate? What are the differences in priorities and orientations that challenge collaboration? What skills and training does the CW workforce need to better understand early childhood programs and the needs of young children? What skills and training does the early childhood workforce need to understand the pressures and priorities of the child welfare workforce? At what levels (service delivery, program management, policy) does collaboration need to occur?

Presenters:

  • Darneshia Allen, Director of Practice and Field Operations, National Infant-Toddler Court Program
  • Erinn Havig, Primary and Community Prevention Lead, DCYF Washington
  • Minette Mason, Child Welfare-Early Learning Project Lead, DCYF Washington
  • Torey Silloway, Director of Policy and Financing, National Infant-Toddler Court Program

Access the webinar recording here.

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