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
Reporting is Not Prevention: Changing the Narrative around Child Safety with Claire Louge
In this episode, Claire Louge discusses why effective child safety begins with cultural change. She explains how her organization is working to shift the narrative from reporting families to believing in and investing in families. Oftentimes, people confuse detecting child abuse and neglect with preventing it, when true prevention aims to stop it from happening at all. Claire is the Executive Director of Prevent Child Abuse Arizona, where they launched Lean on Me Arizona to promote supporting families as a way to keep children safe and out of foster care.
Claire also sheds light on how professionals and systems are falling short on forming authentic partnerships with those directly impacted when incorporating them into these conversations, and how white supremacy culture acts as a barrier to engagement. Learn from Claire how to ask the right questions to support families in keeping children safe, and how kindness and a culture of support are the ultimate forms of prevention.
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
To learn more about Prevent Child Abuse Arizona you can visit their website. Prevent Child Abuse Arizona
Here are a few resources that Claire would like to share with you.
Lean on Me AZ Toolkit: Lean On Me AZ
Considering Yourself a ‘Mandated Supporter’: For Mandated Reporters
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