Community In-Site
Community In-site is about the family well-being movement. Hosts Tecoria Jones and Elliott Hinkle bring their lived expertise with the child welfare system as well as their professional insights to each episode. We'll be talking to leaders, advocates, and community members who are working from the grassroots to the grasstops on strategies to invest in the well-being of families and communities in order to prevent child welfare involvement. The show will feature stories and lessons from community sites (featuring Thriving Families, Safer Children sites) that make the family well-being movement real and personal. Each episode will unpack a specific topic (e.g. racial equity or community partnerships) and what can be learned from the challenges and successes. The hosts hope to leave listeners with something they can take into their own work to help grow the movement in their community.
For more information about the family well-being movement and Thriving Families, Safer Children initiative you can visit, Thriving Families
Community In-Site
Latest Episodes
How Cash Assistance with No Strings Attached Can Prevent Foster Care with Melody Webb
This episode of Community In-Site is a re-release with Melody Webb, founder and CEO of Mother’s Outreach Network and lead of the MotherUp pilot.Direct cash support for parents can sound both simple and provocative. Research shows that ne...
Why Diaper Banks Can Be Key to Preventing a Family Crisis with Dr. Megan Smith
Diapers may seem like a small need, but for families raising babies, diaper insecurity can affect child care, work, parental stress, health, social connection, and the choices families are forced to make every day. In recognition of...
What's Best for Newborns and Parents When Substance Use Is Involved? With Dr. Sharon Ostfeld-Johns
When substance use is involved during pregnancy, the instinct to protect a baby can quickly lead to testing, reporting, child welfare involvement, and possible separation. But what if pregnancy is also one of the most important opportunities we...
How One College is Creating the Conditions for Students from Foster Care to Succeed with Nailah McDowell and RaMaj Parker
Getting into college and succeeding in college are two very different things.Young people with foster care experience have gained greater access to college through tuition assistance, scholarships, and enrollment support. But if access a...
How Do We Build Public Assistance Programs So Families Grow Beyond Them with Commissioner Clarence Carter
What happens when a public-systems leader with more than 30 years of experience is asked to move from a sweeping vision for reform to the realities families experience when they seek help?In this episode of Community In-Site, ho...