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Children and youth in the child welfare system with special needs can benefit from a CASA/GAL volunteer to help them and their families navigate multiple systems to gain access to appropriate medical care and special education resources to achieve better outcomes. Learn how you can support children in need: https://lnkd.in/gFchkH9 #DDAM2024 #DDawareness2024 #DevelopmentalDisabilitiesAwarenessMonth #ChangeAChildsStory

Give the gift 🎁 of awareness and meaning. Families Belong Together is a powerful collection of articles from those impacted by the child welfare system. Each book is available at cost of production. Ultimately, the more individuals who have the ability to learn from the contributors, the closer we are to a shared vision and strategy toward essential Child Welfare change. #ChildWelfare #FamiliesBelongTogether #FamiliesBelongTogetherBook #CalltoReplacetheChildWelfareSystem

Framework Centers are meeting family needs, preventing child welfare involvement with this detailed tool used to develop an integrated and holistic child and family well-being system—a system that buoys families facing adversity and helps them thrive. Read the full framework: https://ow.ly/qGgi50R6MNw #wellnesswednesday

Expanding your knowledge by taking the time to see through the perspectives of others is what I like most about this book. Each contribution helps share insights and personal experiences with the Child Welfare System. While we think our intentions can drive the outcomes we desire, that isn't always the case. Replacement is essential. Why? Because we have to feel comfortable with acknowledging failure to then arrive at the solution faster. We know the system isn't working, so let’s try again! Let’s make families the priority, period. 💕✊

Strengthen family ties with virtual family time. This Child Welfare Information Gateway factsheet provides parents with information on successful virtual family time sessions, including how to prepare, tips, and activities. Check it out! https://buff.ly/3WmfHoH

Our book,📖 Families Belong Together: A Call to Replace the Child Welfare System, will be officially published soon. Learn more about the book and our purpose. Be a part of the vision and strategy going forward! "We are asking families to endure the child welfare system we have created. The only way to fix it is to change and replace the system with something completely different and new. Throughout my career, every step of the way, the only thing I'm sure of, the only thing I've learned, is that families belong together. " Stacey Moss, President and CEO of Public Knowledge®. #ChildWelfare #FamiliesBelongTogether #FamiliesBelongTogetherBook #CalltoReplacetheChildWelfareSystem

Autumn shares her story and offers insight into concrete ways to shift the child welfare system to make accessible what every family desires: connection to family, culture, resources, and representation. She has offered her wisdom and experience to guide national policy and transform the child welfare system for others. 📣 "A lot of inequity boils down to a lack of equitable data. I have asked questions pertaining to the native experience and child welfare. Not having data is a way to devalue and delegitimize." ~A Conversation with Autumn Adams: An Advocate's Journey Let’s replace a system that holds information close with one that shares child and family well-being measures. #ChildWelfare #FamiliesBelongTogether #FamiliesBelongTogetherBook #CalltoReplacetheChildWelfareSystem

Ending unnecessary separation and investing in whole families are 🔑 key to our Child Welfare Vision. Families Belong Together book shares why system replacement is the only option. #Child Welfare #FamiliesBelongTogether #FamiliesBelongTogetherBook #CalltoReplacetheChildWelfareSystem

🎧#LISTEN: DCF on the Air is where we talk to experts and leaders about the transformation happening in NJ’s child welfare system. 🆕 NEW episode drops today. We are talking about Family Success Centers, and how they help strengthen families and set up communities to thrive!