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Supports, Not Just Services: Talking Child Welfare Response with Chapin Hall’s Bryan Samuels

On this week’s podcast we discuss the recent dismissal of lawsuits in Ohio and West Virginia, new research on the prevalence of child protection investigations, and a local investigation into “hidden foster care” that might make waves.

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Bryan Samuels, executive director of Chapin Hall, joins us to discuss the Family First Act, race and poverty, congregate care and his organization’s new policy brief on including more concrete and economic supports in child welfare.

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Judges Toss Class Actions Against Ohio, West Virginia https://bit.ly/3ii6lpS Nearly Half of Children Experience CPS Investigations For Abuse And Neglect Before 18, New Estimates For Large Counties Show https://bit.ly/2TSQzsj Contact with Child Protective Services Is Pervasive but Unequally Distributed by Race and Ethnicity in Large US Counties https://bit.ly/3A12W4O NC County Illegally Removed Kids from Homes https://bit.ly/3ilWMq8 Key Supervisor Pleads guilty in DSS Family Separation Scheme https://bit.ly/3ynnxQx Addressing Economic Hardship Key to Preventing Child Welfare System Involvement https://bit.ly/3ighQgo
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