BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Social Current - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Social Current X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.social-current.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Social Current REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221201T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221201T163000 DTSTAMP:20260410T163458 CREATED:20220829T141130Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221031T155220Z UID:16091-1669906800-1669912200@www.social-current.org SUMMARY:Child Welfare’s 21st-Century Research Agenda: Building Protective Factors through Family Resource Centers DESCRIPTION:Register \n \n During this webinar\, participants will learn about Family Resource Centers (FRCs)\, a key community-based prevention strategy utilized in 37 states and the District of Columbia. Presenters\, including members of Hartford\, Connecticut’s Parent Engagement Group\, will introduce the framework and protective factors that FRCs help families build and discuss the role protective factors can play in parents’ lives. \nThe 21st-century research agenda for child welfare identifies the importance of community-based prevention strategies and the building of protective factors to reduce child maltreatment. The overall agenda calls for advancing equity and underscores that true transformation will only happen with meaningful engagement of those with lived expertise to inform and interpret research findings. \nAbout the Webinar Series\nThis webinar is one session in Social Current’s five-part learning series on the 21st-century research agenda for child welfare. \n\nCutting through the Chaos by Reframing Childhood Adversity\nOct. 11 from Noon-1 p.m. ET\nHow Monthly Cash Gifts Are Fostering Infant Brain Development\nOct. 13 from 2-3 p.m. ET\nSupporting Safe and Effective Investigations through Training Labs\nNov. 29 from 3-4:30 p.m. ET\nBuilding Protective Factors through Family Resource Centers\nDec. 1 from 3-4:30 p.m. ET\nAn Anti-Racist Approach to Child Neglect Investigations\nDec. 6 from 3-4 p.m. ET\n\nThe Annie E. Casey Foundation\, Casey Family Programs and the William T. Grant Foundation are leading an initiative\, along with many partners\, to identify research gaps related to community-based family support\, child protective services\, out-of-home care\, and post-permanency services. The initiative is now working to conduct research\, rooted in equity and co-designed by people with lived experience\, to address these gaps and answer key questions\, as well as increase the use of this research in decision making. Learn more about the 21st-century research agenda for child welfare online. \nTakeaways\n\nGain insight into Family Resource Centers as community-based prevention strategies\nReflect on how the protective factors framework can enhance your work\nLearn about what role you can play in carrying out a 21st-century research agenda\n\nWho Should Participate\n\nChild welfare professionals including caseworkers\, investigators\, managers\, researchers\, and other social sector professionals who interact with the child welfare system\n\n  \n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n \n Presenter\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andrew Russo\n \n Co-Founder & Director \nNational Family Support Network\nUniversity of Kentucky \n \n Biography\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Andrew Russo\n Co-Founder & Director \nNational Family Support Network\nUniversity of Kentucky \n \n Andrew Russo co-founded the National Family Support Network in 2011 and served as its co-chair until 2015\, when he was hired as its director and relocated to Washington\, D.C. He has worked and volunteered in the nonprofit social service sector at the direct service\, management\, and network levels for more than 25 years in Boston\, New York\, Chicago\, the San Francisco Bay Area\, and Taiwan. \nIn those roles\, he co-authored landmark documents in the family support field including the San Francisco Family Support Standards\, San Francisco Family Support Network Policy Platform on Family Economic Success\, and nationally adopted Standards of Quality for Family Strengthening & Support. \nRusso earned his bachelor’s in East Asian languages and cultures from Columbia University and his master’s in pastoral counseling from Loyola University Chicago. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Delmarys Serrano\n \n Lead Parent \nParent Engagement Group \nHartford\, Connecticut\, Child Safety Forward Site \n \n Biography\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Delmarys Serrano\n Lead Parent \nParent Engagement Group \nHartford\, Connecticut\, Child Safety Forward Site \n \n Delmarys Serrano is a lead parent for the Parent Engagement Work Group of the Hartford\, Connecticut\, Child Safety Forward demonstration project. Serrano brings over two decades of community activism and organizing\, as well as lived experience to this project. She serves on the boards of directors of Hartford Parent University (HPU) and Charter Oak Cultural Center. Serrano has also been a Girl Scout leader and delegate for the last several years. Serrano is a certified Triple P Facilitator\, holds a certification on People Empowering People through the University of Connecticut\, and participated in a Family Development Credentials Training. Finally\, Serrano earned an associate degree at Charter Oak State College. \nA primary motivation for her dedicated work is that her cousin\, known throughout the Connecticut Child Welfare system as “Baby Emily Hernandez\,” was raped and murdered by her stepfather when she was nine months old\, following several failed attempts by family members to get authorities to respond properly. Serrano has and continues to blaze trails in memory of Baby Emily. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kayla Waters\n \n Member \nParent Engagement Group \nHartford\, Connecticut\, Child Safety Forward Site \n \n Biography\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kayla Waters\n Member \nParent Engagement Group \nHartford\, Connecticut\, Child Safety Forward Site \n \n Kayla Waters is a member of the Parent Engagement Work Group of the Hartford\, Connecticut\, site of the Child Safety Forward demonstration project. She is a mother who is a strong advocate for her daughter’s education as well as for children in her community. Waters works as a personal care assistant\, helping people with disabilities. She has been involved in several community-based groups in Hartford. She has worked from the ground up\, helping to start a local nonprofit. She is a familiar face to city and state policymakers and department administrators\, consistently and compassionately speaking truth to power. Waters is an example of working pain into power and healing\, having lost her seven-month-old son in 2021. URL:https://www.social-current.org/event/child-welfares-21st-century-research-agenda-building-protective-factors-through-family-resource-centers/ CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.social-current.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Untitled-design-100.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR