Secretaries' Innovation Group

Washington, DC Child Welfare Meeting December 2024

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Allegheny County (Pittsburgh)


     Innovation in Human Services

      Alex Jutca, Director, Office of Analytics, Technology and Planning, Allegheny County DHS


Engaging Faith-Inspired Partners in the Child Welfare System


     Co-laboring with Partners in Child Welfare
      Jedd Medefind, President, Christian Alliance for Orphans


Increasing foster available families for placements


     WIG Graph

      Alex Adams, Director, ID Dept. of Health and Welfare​


More on recruiting foster families


​     Stronger Families Together

​      Alex Mayer, Chief of Children and Family Services, SD Dept. of Social Services


Foster Youth criminal adjudication is moving from criminal court to the juvenile justice system.  These detention center settings overseen by family court are overwhelmed.


     Crisis in Youth Detention & How to Fix It

​      Hannah Meyers, Director of Policing and Public Safety, Manhattan Institute


​Reducing administrative child welfare tasks


     Document with CLIPr

​      Humphrey Chen, CEO and Co-Founder, CLIPr