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Kinship Care and Foster Care: Comparing Child Welfare Outcomes This Webinar by Marc Winokur, Deborah Valentine, and James Drendel provides participants with an overview of how kinship care impacts the safety, permanency, and stability of children placed with relatives. In a study that controlled for demographic and placement characteristics, the authors found that children in kinship care have significantly fewer placements than do children in foster care, and they are less likely to still be in care, have a new allegation of institutional abuse, and be involved in the juvenile justice system. This Webinar also addresses implications for the permanency of this population. Topics include: About the presenters: Dr. Deborah P. Valentine is a professor and director of the School of Social Work at Colorado State University. Dr. Valentine has been a social work educator for over 25 years and has taught social work practice at the BSW, MSW and PhD levels in the United States and in Jamaica, Ecuador, Lithuania, and South Korea. Dr. Valentine has published numerous articles based on her work in the areas of child welfare and developmental disabilities and recently completed a three-year term as the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Social Work Education. She is currently serving as treasurer of the National Association of Deans and Directors of Schools of Social Work and provides pro bono conflict resolution services to the city of Fort Collins. Dr. James (Jim) M. Drendel is the division
manager for the Children, Youth, and Family Division of the Larimer
County Department of Human Services in Colorado. Dr. Drendel has
worked extensively in the direct delivery of social services at the
county and state levels, as well as building and directing
university programs in social work. His restorative justice
background allows him to promote systems that work with youth in
child protection and juvenile justice, while identifying safety,
accountability, and competency issues.
This Webinar by Dr. Sondra Fogel provided participants with an overview on the condition and status of the working poor. There is increasing attention to the growing numbers of individuals and families across the life-span who are working, but yet remain in or near poverty levels. These income levels provide minimal opportunities for governmental assistance, leaving this group of individuals and families to face the realities of daily life without much support. Assisting those working but poor is a new challenge facing social service providers, clinicians, and program directors. Topics include:
Women remain less than ten percent of those who are incarcerated; however they constitute the fastest growing population in prison, surpassing the growth rate of the male population in every state. Improving outcomes for released female offenders and their families entails examining practices that affect women’s entry into prison, their treatment while in prison, and their access to services after release from prison.
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Currently, Dr. O'Brien is conducting research with the National Institute of Drug Abuse and the Illinois Department of Human Services, Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse studying African American women and their transition from prison to an urban community in Chicago.
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Sondra J. Fogel, PhD, ACSW, is associate professor in the School of
Social Work, University of South Florida. Dr. Fogel specializes in
community practice in urban neighborhoods with a focus on social and
economic capacity-building strategies, poverty, and homeless issues.
She has worked as an evaluator and consultant for related program
and service initiatives including the Gainesville NeighborWorks
organization in partnership with the Shimberg for Housing
Affordability, the Belmont Heights Community Economic Impact
Analysis with the Tampa Housing Authority, and the Community SUPPORT
Project with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Patricia
O'Brien is an associate professor at the Jane Addams College of
Social Work, University of Illinois at Chicago.
Dr. O'Brien has ten years of experience working with
women survivors of domestic violence and their children through
crisis intervention, program development, and administration of
three shelters. She also works as a group facilitator for
cancer survivors, battered women survivors, and women in prison.