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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.
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Off the Bench and Into the Community: How Judges Advance the Movement [RE-RELEASE] with Judge Jay Dugger
In this re-release of one of our most resonant Season One episodes, we revisit the conversation with Jay Dugger, Chief Judge of the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court in Hampton, Virginia. Host Valerie Frost wanted to bring this episode back because the story continues to matter. Judges hold a lot of power within their communities and Judge Dugger is a great example of how judicial influence can advance family well-being.
In the original episode, Season One hosts Tecoria and Elliott sat down with Judge Dugger to explore the critical role judges can play in transforming child welfare. Judge Dugger, speaking in his personal capacity, shared how collaborative leadership and proximity to families helped reduce the number of children in foster care in Hampton from 300 to about 80, with only one child in residential treatment.
He offers a powerful view of how judges, often seen as decision-makers from the bench, can also step into community spaces to help lead upstream solutions. His reflections underscore how judges can convene, center family voice, and act as changemakers in the family well-being movement.
This episode is a must-listen for anyone who wants to better understand the influence of judicial leadership in shaping systems that support, not separate, families.
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Here are some additional resources Judge Dugger would like to share with you.
- A Model for Collaboration and Results - The Annie E. Casey Foundation
- UMW Honors 2024 Alumni Award Recipients at Reunion Weekend - Giving to Mary Washington
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