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
It's a Poverty Problem not a Parenting Problem with Sarah Winograd
In this episode Elliott and Tecoria have a conversation with Sarah Winograd who is the Co-Executive Director of Together with Families. Together with Families is a new organization in Georgia that works with families at risk of CPS involvement and their children being removed and placed in foster care. They work with families to help them meet their needs as they define them for themselves with the goal of keeping families together. In this conversation, you are going to learn about what differentiates their organization from others, how they build trust with the parents they serve, what it takes to build an organization from the ground up with families, and why Sarah is such a passionate advocate for justice for families. Sarah is also a masterful storyteller and begins the conversation with a story of how a few thousand dollars and the right approach can prevent a family experiencing the trauma of being separated by foster care.
Together with Families will be launching a new website later this year. In the meantime, you can follow Sarah on LinkedIn. Sarah Winograd-Babayeuski | LinkedIn
Here are a few resources that Sarah wanted to share with the audience.
- 'Never Give Up': Nonprofit Graduates Empowered Parents | Local News | mdjonline.com
- One promise became a lifelong mission for this Atlanta family advocate (atlantanewsfirst.com)
- When Families Need Housing, Georgia Will Pay for Foster Care Rather Than Provide Assistance — ProPublica
- Economic and Concrete Supports are Key Ingredients in Programs Designed to Prevent Child Welfare Involvement – Chapin Hall
- Building Community Partnerships, Step by Step (aecf.org)
To learn more about the Thriving Families, Safer Children Initiative you can visit the website. Thriving Families
Please email us if you want to connect with the creative team or find out how to engage with the family well-being movement. comminsite@gmail.com
Please email us if you want to connect with the creative team or find out how to engage with the family well-being movement. comminsite@gmail.com