Chapin Hall

March 21 Webinar to Feature Findings from National Child Welfare Leader Survey

Moving from intervention to prevention with economic and concrete supports

Economic and concrete supports have been shown to stabilize families and prevent unnecessary child welfare involvement.

So what are child welfare leaders’ views about these types of supports? How do they use them?​

A webinar on Thursday, March 21 explored findings from Chapin Hall and APHSA’s national survey of these leaders.

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Panelists included the team that created and conducted the survey and special guest Suzanne Miles-Gustave (Acting Commissioner / Executive Deputy Commissioner for the New York State Office of Children and Families). She discussed barriers in aligning across human service agencies to better support families.

Panelists include:

• Suzanne Miles-Gustave, Acting Commissioner/Executive Deputy Commissioner, New York State Office of Children and Families
• Yasmin Grewal-Kök, Policy Fellow, Chapin Hall
• Leanne Heaton, Research Fellow, Chapin Hall
• Colin Cepuran, Researcher, Chapin Hall
• Matt Lyons, Senior Director, Policy & Practice, APHSA
• Meg Dygert, Senior Policy Associate, Child & Family Well-being, APHSA
• Kapria Lee, Project Associate, Child & Family Well-being, APHSA

Read details about the survey and access the full report and executive summary on our research page. ​