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 On November 18, 2002 the Honorable George Miller, the Honorable Charles Rangel, and the Honorable Benjamin Cardin hosted a Child Welfare Summit that was sponsored by the Center for the Study of Social Policy and its Center for Community Partnerships in Child Welfare. Summit participants represented a broad spectrum of the child welfare field with experience as administrators, practitioners, parents, researchers, former foster youth, community advocates, judges and legislators. The Summit focused on the problems and challenges faced by child welfare systems, highlighted innovative and promising change approaches that have been instituted in states and communities; and proposed recommendations for change in federal policy. We are pleased to announce the release of Looking to the Future - An Examination of the State of Child Welfare and Recommendations for Action (77 pgs, 478 kb, 4/03). The report includes an overview of the children touched by the child welfare system and the challenges that system faces, along with descriptions of innovative approaches that have shown promise throughout the country. There are a total of 21 recommendations for federal policy and legislative change. You may view and download the Executive Summary and Full Report or order a hard copy below. Click on Help Spread the Word! below for tips and tools you can use to let policymakers, the media and the public know that we can change our approach to protecting children and strengthening families by adopting the innovative strategies proposed at the Child Welfare Summit.
Below are five papers that were prepared for the Child Welfare Summit. |
