What Does Quality and Evidence Look Like When You Care About Racial Equity and Families of Young Children in the Child Welfare System?
This session was presented during the BUILD 2021 National Conference.
In this session, panelists will respond to the following questions: Why should we talk about child- welfare-involved families at an early childhood conference? What are the challenges of meeting the complex needs of families with evidence-based interventions? How do child welfare and early childhood systems respond to people who have been marginalized by both systems? What are the benefits and limitations of implementing evidence-based models, such as home visiting and early childhood court teams, with families of color with young children who are engaged in the child welfare system?
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