- August 20 2024
- W115-2025
Michael Adrian, Office of Child Support, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services
Connie Chesnik, Division of Family and Economic Security, Wisconsin Department of Children and Families
Shaunta M. Patton, Office of Child Support Community Advisory Council, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services
Jessica Hunter, Douglas County Child Welfare, Oregon County Human Services
Diane Deleon, Douglas County Child Welfare, Oregon Department of Human Services
Chelsey Hall, Colorado Department of Human Services
Samantha Fields, Colorado Department of Human Services Family Voice Council
Robert Thompson, EdD, Division of Economic and Workforce Support, Colorado Department of Human Services
Lauren Antelo, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, NAWRS board member and Co-Chair of the Virtual Events Committee
Lisa Klein Vogel, Scientist, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Virtual Events Committee member (organizer and moderator)
Improving alignment between human services and family needs and goals has been a key area of focus for many state and local human services programs. Family advisory councils offer a unique opportunity to facilitate meaningful engagement with families served by public programs; gain family input on policies and practices that affect them; and ultimately, to help develop programs and policies that serve families successfully and equitably. In this session, panelists will discuss their experiences developing, launching, and sustaining family advisory councils in policy and research.
Presenters:
- Nicole Dobbins, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Dobbins will share a federal perspective on family engagement in human services and updates on federal action underway.
- Michael Adrian, Office of Child Support, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services; Connie Chesnik, Division of Family and Economic Security, Wisconsin Department of Children and Families; and Shaunta M. Patton, Office of Child Support Community Advisory Council, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services: Adrian, Chesnik, and Patton will share key insights from Michigan and Wisconsin’s experiences cultivating and implementing parent advisory councils to improve equity in child support policy and practice.
- Jessica Hunter and Diane Deleon (Oregon Department of Human Services, Douglas County Child Welfare) will share Douglas County’s framework for successfully developing and utilizing a parent advisory council to help shape local child welfare procedure, culture, and hiring practices. Jessica will focus on lessons learned, tips for implementation, and examples of procedural changes reflecting partnership and power-sharing with consumers of child welfare services..
- Chelsey Hall, Colorado Department of Human Services; Samantha Fields, Colorado Department of Human Services Family Voice Council; and Robert Thompson, EdD, Division of Economic and Workforce Support, Colorado Department of Human Services: Hall, Fields, and Thompson will share Colorado’s groundbreaking strategies for listening to and engaging with those they serve via Colorado’s Family Voice Council (FVC) model.
With opening remarks from Lauren Antelo, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, NAWRS board member and Co-Chair of the Virtual Events Committee and Lisa Klein Vogel, Scientist, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Virtual Events Committee member, organizer and moderator of this webinar.
Recording of the Webinar
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Categories
Child Maltreatment & Child Welfare System, Child Support, Children, Economic Support, Economic Support General