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Title: The Pew Initiatives


1
The Pew Initiatives
  • A National Non-Litigation Strategy to Improve
    Outcomes
  • 12th National Conference on Children and the Law
  • ABA Center on Children and the
  • Law
  • In partnership with the
  • Harvard Law School Child Advocacy Program
  • Judge Nancy S. Salyers
  • 14 March 2007

2
The Pew Initiatives
  • Why so many in care for so long?
  • Who is responsible?
  • What can be done?
  • How to make it happen?

3
Strategy
  • Convene Commission
  • Launch Outreach and Education via Fostering
    Results
  • Release Recommendations
  • Launch Campaign for Implementation

4
The Pew Commission
  • Recommendations for reform in
  • Federal Financing
  • And
  • Court Oversight and Accountability

5
Fostering Results
  • Education and Outreach to create climate for
    change.
  • Partnerships
  • Presentations
  • Products
  • Products plus Partners
  • Press Opportunities

6
Fostering Results National Partners
  • National Council of Juvenile and Family Court
    Judges
  • National Center for State Courts
  • Child Welfare League of America
  • Voices for Americas Children
  • Association for Public Human Services
    Administrators
  • ABA Center for Children and the Law
  • National CASA
  • Justice Management Institute
  • Judicial Education Research and Technology
    Transfer Project

7
Fostering Results State Partners
  • Arizona Ohio
  • California New York
  • Connecticut Tennessee
  • Iowa Texas
  • Missouri Wisconsin

8
Fostering ResultsProducts
  • Nations CW System Doubles Number of Adoptions
    (Align Incentives with Results)
  • The Foster Care Straightjacket
  • A View from the Bench (Judicial Survey)
  • Family Ties (Subsidized Guardianship)
  • National Curriculum for Caseflow Management in
    Dependency Cases
  • Improving Outcomes Together Court and Child
    Welfare Collaboration

9
Campaign for Implementation
  • Town hall meetings
  • Press Briefings
  • Hill Briefings
  • Editorial Board Meetings
  • Articles
  • Conference Presentations
  • Reports

10
Campaign for ImplementationNational Partners
  • Fostering Results
  • Fostering Court Improvement
  • Generations United
  • National Conference of State Legislatures
  • National Center for State Courts
  • National Council for Adoptable Children
  • National Council for Adoption
  • National Indian Child Welfare Association

11
Campaign for ImplementationState Partners
  • Arizona
  • Arkansas
  • California
  • Ohio
  • Texas

12
Results
  • 11 Resolutions to adopt/implement the
    Recommendations of the Pew Commission Judicial
    Council of CA, NCJFCJ, CCJ, COSCA, Texas Supreme
    Court Task Force, LA County Board of Supervisors,
    NACC, AMA, United Soputh and Eastern Tribes,
    Arkansas Judicial Council, National Congress of
    American Indians, Permanent Judicial Commission
    on Justice for Children

13
Results
  • 27 State Commissions/Taskforces formed
  • Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado,
    District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Indiana,
    Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi,
    Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York,
    North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
    Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin.

14
Results
  • National Leadership Summit on the Protection of
    Children (Minnesota 9/05)
  • Call to Action (Spring 06)
  • 100,000,000.00 in addition CIP funding, over 5
    years, designated for implementation of
    Performance Measures and for multidisciplinary
    training
  • Fostering Court Improvement

15
New Campaign
  • Kids are Waiting
  • Fix Foster Care Now

16
Pew Related Projects and Links
  • Pew Commission on Children in Foster Care
  • www.pewfostercare.org
  • Fostering Results (University of Illinois)
  • www.fosteringresults.org
  • Fostering Court Improvement (Barton Child Law)
  • www.fosteringcourtimprovement.org
  • Kids Are Waiting
  • www.kidsarewaiting.org
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