For Tamara Simmons, engaging fathers is critical August 22, 2022 by Kevin P. Henry · Published August 22, 2022 What would it look like if systems of care amplified our efforts in terms of engaging fathers? MPLD graduate Tamara Simmons asks this and more.
Decreasing racial disparity in permanency: a conversation with Tatenda Perry July 7, 2022 by Kevin P. Henry · Published July 7, 2022 · Last modified August 15, 2022 MPLD graduate Tatenda Perry discusses the role that race plays in permanency disparities.
The first MPLD cohort continues to transform the child welfare system June 9, 2022 by AdoptUSKids · Published June 9, 2022 · Last modified June 23, 2022 In the years following their graduation from the MPLD program, alumni have spoken nationally, earned promotions, and contributed to change.
Addressing moral injury in our profession January 21, 2022 by AdoptUSKids · Published January 21, 2022 · Last modified January 26, 2022 “I was struggling for a way to stay in child welfare and feel good about it.”
“All’s well that begins well” November 23, 2021 by AdoptUSKids · Published November 23, 2021 · Last modified December 1, 2021 “As a child welfare professional, I believe that it is my role and responsibility to lift youth’s voices in their permanency planning so that other children do not silently move through life the way that I did as a teenager.”
Congratulations to our fourth leadership program cohort! November 12, 2021 by AdoptUSKids · Published November 12, 2021 · Last modified November 29, 2021 16 MPLD fellows will learn about transformational leadership, take a closer look at disproportionality in child welfare, and complete an action research project that addresses a challenge in their local child welfare system.
