What better way to learn some aspects of helping youth to achieve permanency than by interacting with individuals that have been involved with child welfare? This workshop will consist of a panel of former youth in substitute care. Participants will have an opportunity to receive information on the child welfare system form the perspective of […]
Metropolis Permanency Action Team Focus
Here is an example of an Action Team utilizing local data to guide their work to address a problem in their Southern Illinois community. by Gloria Pounds The Metropolis Action Team held their first meeting with community stakeholders on 6/14/13 at the Metropolis/DCFS Field Office via in person and teleconference. The community stakeholders include: Tara […]
Cook Transformation Team – Summary of Strategic Plan
by Karen Bez The Cook Region Transformation Team is made up of public and private child welfare professionals, court personnel, and community representatives throughout Cook County. The purpose of the Transformation Team is to examine the role institutional racism plays in the over-representation of children of color, particularly African American children, in the child welfare […]
DeKalb Permanency Action Team Success
by Julie Barbosa Permanency Action Teams harness community resources to identify ways to improve permanency and ensure African-American children are well-served by the child welfare system. The DeKalb field office serves as the hub for this effort in Northern Region. In DeKalb County, approximately six percent of youth are African-American, according to census data. Yet […]
REMINDER: PEP Central Region Quarterly Meeting August 7, 2013
Central Region Quarterly Meeting The Baby Fold 108 E. Willow St. Normal, IL 61761
REMINDER: PEP Southern Region Quarterly Meeting 8/1/2013
PEP Southern Region Quarterly Meeting Mount Vernon DCFS Office 321 A Withers Drive Mt. Vernon, IL 62864
ISU School of Social Work Continuing Education – Professional Social Work Ethics in Light of the Postmodern Turn
August 9, 2013 from 8:45-12PM at the ISU Alumni Center- Professional Social Work Ethics in Light of the Postmodern Turn Presented by Dr. Dan Liechty Although “postmodernism” was originally associated with art and literary criticism, it now characterizes a broad perspective, a way of viewing and experiencing the world that impacts our deepest life philosophies. […]
Racial Disproportionalities Among Dual System Youth: Perspectives from the Field by Jane Marshall
Racial Disproportionalities Among Dual System Youth: Perspectives from the Field Jane Marshall Doctoral Candidate School of Social Work University of Illinois at Urbana-‐Champaign June 21, 2012 Download Presentation
Two days left to register: June 7 African American Advisory Council Conference at ISU
Please register today for Keeping Our Eyes on the Prize: ISU/DCFS Joint Conference on African American Child Well-Being and Family Permanency. http://socialwork.illinoisstate.edu/alumni/PEPConf2013.shtml The conference will be held on Friday, June 7, 2013 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m) at the University’s Bone Student Center. The conference, which is jointly sponsored by Illinois State University and the […]
Reminder: Central Region Quarterly Meeting is Wednesday, May 8
Central Region Permanency Enhancement Project Quarterly Meeting May 8, 2013 10:00a.m-1:00p.m. Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church 801 Market St Bloomington, Illinois 309-603-5656 Meeting Goals: Receive reports from each action team to update their activities, discuss challenges and needs. ISU Presentations and data status report on the Central Region Discuss the integration of Statewide and Central Region […]
