Project Description

Date: Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Location: Continuing Education & Conference Center, University of Minnesota St. Paul Campus

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Presenters

Esther Wattenberg, Professor

Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare and Center for Urban and Regional Affairs
Introductions & Commentary
Wrap-Up: Ingredients for Assuring the Well-Being of Every Child in the Child Welfare System
See A Social Justice Framework For Child Welfare: The Agenda for a New Century

Fred Wulczyn, PhD

Research Fellow, Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago

PowerPoint Presentation: Creating an Agenda for the New Decade, A Theory for Policy and Practice (PDF)

Reponses: “The State Perspective”—Chuck Johnson, Minnesota DHS; “A County Perspective”—Mary Sheehan, Chisago County Health & Human Services

Dee Wilson

Director, Child Welfare Services, The Casey Family Programs

PowerPoint Presentation: Mobilizing Resources for Practice: What is Required for a Prevention Focus (PDF)

 

This forum was developed under the auspices of the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW), University of Minnesota School of Social Work; the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA), University of Minnesota; and the Children’s Trust Fund, Minnesota Department of Human Services.