US: Moving Child Welfare from A Reaction to A Response (Opinion)
Imprint – April 06, 2021
Child welfare legislation and policy is historically pockmarked with overwrought ideas. Those ideas were big, but not in a way that allowed us to get out of our own way. For example, how long have we discussed the idea of primary prevention and family support without having a firm policy agenda or funding stream? For the most part, we have maintained a system that attended to families who were already desperate and in crisis, or who were disproportionately impacted because of race and class. And this could very well happen again if we are too vague on the details.
https://imprintnews.org/child-welfare-2/moving-child-welfare-reaction-response/53298