Resource: Reunification
This podcast episode focuses on the current reality of reunification across the public child welfare system. The episode features a conversation among child welfare professionals, members of the American Bar Association (ABA) Center on Children and the Law, the Children’s Bureau, and a foster care alumnus. Discussion topics include the following:
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What the data indicate regarding reunifying families involved in the child welfare system
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What the Federal government and national partners are doing to increase reunification
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Racial inequities, specifically for teen boys of color, within reunification efforts
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How local agencies, caseworkers, and communities can shift their mindsets and actions to ensure reunification is treated as the primary goal when children are removed from their families