Secretaries' Innovation Group
Washington, DC Child Welfare Meeting November 2022
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Abuse and neglect are two separate standards. Don’t co-mingle them!
Child Maltreatment, Poverty, and Other Social Problems
Doug Besharov, University of Maryland
Texas uses data matching to improve service capacity sooner and divert families from substantiated findings
Prevention in Texas
Sasha Rasco, Chief Prevention and Community Well-Being Officer, Texas Dept. of Family and Protective Services
What is there to do about the “legal orphans” for whom there are no prospective adoptive parents?
Leveraging Technology to Create Families
Thea Ramirez, Founder and CEO, Adoption-Share
Should Maternal Illicit Drug Use During Pregnancy Be Considered Child Abuse?
Should Illicit Drug Use During Pregnancy Be Considered Child Abuse?
Nancy Young, Children and Family Futures & Project Director, National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare