Our nation’s future vitality depends upon all children having the opportunity to grow into healthy, successful, socially and civically engaged adults. Essential to that process is ensuring that children have access to stable, nurturing relationships and the resources needed to support their development.
The Family First Prevention Services Act, which was signed into law as part of the Bipartisan Budget Act on February 9, 2018, is an important step toward realizing this goal. For child welfare leaders, it represents both opportunity and challenge as we look to radically re-imagine the current child welfare system into one that emphasizes prevention, early intervention and evidence-based practices for children and families.
[For more of this story, written by Susan Dreyfus, go to https://chronicleofsocialchang...em-we-all-want/32181]
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