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Fairness and Equity Issues in Child Welfare Training
2004 Leadership Symposium on Fairness and Equity
in California's Child Welfare System |
November 18-19, 2004, Sacramento
Sponsored by CalSWEC, the Children's Committee of the County Welfare Directors Association (CWDA), and the Child and Family Policy Institute of California (CFPIC)*
Click on the bullets below for symposium presentations.
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Thursday, November 18
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| Welcome |
Ken Patterson, Director, Stanislaus County Community Services Agency
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| Keynote Speaker |
Peter Nwosu, Principal Partner, Nwosu & Associates, and Professor and Chair, Department of Communication Studies, California State University, Northridge
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| Interactive Exercise |
Peter Nwosu
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Friday, November 19
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Review of Data and Framing the Issue
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Barbara Needell, Principal Investigator/Research Specialist, Child Welfare Research Center, University of California, Berkeley, and
Danna Fabella, Director, Child & Family Services, Contra Costa County Employment and Human Services Department
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| Cultural Competency Assessment in Contra Costa County |
Lisa Molinar, Staff Development Specialist, Contra Costa County
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| Internal and External Capacity Building to Address Fairness, Equity, and Disproportionality |
From the Casey Family Programs: Margaret Hunt, Director of Prevention and Family Support; Dr. Ralph Bayard, Senior Director, Office of Diversity; and Kelly Guy, Program Manager
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| Father Friendly Organizations |
Pamela Stewart, Training Supervisor, San Bernardino County, and
Mark Lane, Director of Children and Family Services, San Mateo County
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| Taking Action |
From the UCLA Center on Child Welfare: Carole Bender, Director; Melody Fountain, Associate Director; and Shawn McCurdy, Trainer-Consultant
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San Francisco Disproportionality Project
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Janice Anderson-Santos, Deputy Director, Human Services Agency of San Francisco;
Dr. Yolanda Jenkins, Coordinator, San Francisco Disproportionality Project;
Patricia Doyle, Executive Director, Inter-City Family Resource Network;
Dan Kelly, Finance and Planning Analyst, Human Services Agency of San Francisco;
Elizabeth Crudo, Section Manager Redesign, Human Services Agency of San Francisco; and
Robin Love, Family Preservation and Family Support Program Manager and Coordinator
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| Recruiting Rural Families for Indian Children |
Susan Baxter Quash-Mah, Co-Director, Recruiting Rural Parents for Indian Children Project
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Wrap-up
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Barrett Johnson, RTA Coordinator, CalSWEC, University of California, Berkeley, and
Carol Bauer, Director, Family, Youth & Children’s Services, Sonoma County Department of Human Services
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| Additional Resources |
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*The Child and Family Policy Institute of California (CFPIC) is a non-profit organization with a mission to advance the development of sound public policy and promote program excellence for safe and stable families living in supportive communities, through research, advocacy, training, consultation, and technical assistance.
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