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
Family Should be a Safe Haven for LGBTQ+ Youth with Shawn Mitchell and Currey Cook
In this episode, Tecoria and Elliot open the door to a real and vulnerable conversation about the importance of LGBTQ+ youth inclusion. They talk to Shawn Mitchell, a Youth Contributor to the Safe Haven project, and Currey Cook, a Senior Counsel and Youth in Out-of-Home Care Project Director at Lambda Legal. This conversation touches on the Thriving Families, Safer Children guiding principles of addressing issues of disproportionality, specifically for LGBTQ+ youth, and emphasizing upstream strategies for prevention, health promotion, and well-being. They focus on what it's like to be an LGBTQ+ youth in the foster care system, what is needed, and how professionals and family members can affirm and honor LGBTQ+ youth. Listeners will learn about the data that highlights the overrepresentation of LGBTQ+ foster youth and how the lack of inclusion and repeated rejection harms young people. They end with practical solutions to support and protect LGBTQ+ youth within their families, community, and in foster care.
Community In-Site now has a dedicated website where you can listen to episodes, access information and resources, and subscribe to the email newsletter. Podcasts Archive
For more information about Lambda Legal and the Safe Havens project you can visit their website. Lambda Legal
Here are a few resources that Shawn and Currey wanted to share with you.
2017 Safe Havens Report: Safe Havens | Lambda Legal Legacy
2024 Safe Havens II Report: Safe Havens Report 2.0 - Lambda Legal
2024 ACLU Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation Map: Mapping Attacks on LGBTQ Rights in U.S. State Legislatures in 2024
2024 Designated Placement Requirements (Title IV-E and IV-B) for LGBTQI+ Children: Designated Placement Requirements for LGBTQI+ Children
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