Let's Talk Kids
Conversations with influential legislators, officials, experts, educators, entrepreneurs, parents, attorneys, and others who want to help give every child a chance to grow up safe, healthy, and educated.
Anticipated Coverage:
Education: Early Childhood Education (ECE); Early Child Care (Daycare); Special Education; School Environment; Education for Children in Foster Care; and Automation in Childhood Education
Protection and Welfare: Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention; Child Welfare Systems; Juvenile Justice; and Positive Youth Development.
Health and Hunger: Health Insurance Access; Mental Health Services; Nutrition and Food Security; and Maternal and Infant Health.
Family Supports and Economic Stability: Economic Mobility; Support for Kin Caregivers; and Affordable Housing
Special Needs: Developmental Services and System Navigation.
Values Based Families: Building Values Based Families; and Religious Institutions, Clerics and Child Advocacy.
Let's Talk Kids
Finding a Foster Child’s Forever Home | Let’s Talk Kids
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Davetta Ford, State Coordinator of Safe Babies Court Team, discusses how her team’s approach aims to support parents and children involved in the child welfare system, as well as the impacts of family detachment on infants’ brain development, and how their parent organization Child Focus aims to grow their resources and reach in the future.
Learn more about the Safe Babies Court Team or make a donation below!
https://www.njsafebabies.com/ - Safe Babies Court Team
https://www.childfocusnj.org/ - Child Focus
https://casaofnj.org/ - Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
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