Roundtable Overview and Materials
The Child Welfare Policy Roundtable highlights the major child welfare and foster care issues facing California, visions for systemic reform, and policy opportunities to improve the lives of our state’s most vulnerable children and youth. This monthly meeting features a panel of policymakers, practitioners, advocates and former foster youth and provides an informal opportunity to learn and ask questions about California’s child welfare system. Legislative staff, advocates, stakeholders, and the public are invited to join the conversation. For meeting information or if you are having problems accessing any of the below materials, please contact Sara Fung at [email protected].
December 2024: California’s Shift from Mandated Reporting to Community Supporting
California Mandatory Reporting Data Overview
Daniel Webster, Principal Investigator, [email protected]
California Child Welfare Indicators Project, ccwip.berkeley.edu
What Parents Say about Mandated Reporting
Roger De Leon, [email protected]
Mandated Reporting to Community Supporting Task Force Report and Recommendations
David Swanson Hollinger, Consultant, [email protected]
Integrated Human Services Group, integratedhumanservicesgroup.com
Luciana Svidler, Director of Policy and Training, [email protected]
Children’s Law Center of California, clccal.org
Shifting from Mandated Reporting to Community Supporting: A Community-Based Organization’s Perspective
Jenny Pearlman, Chief Policy Officer, [email protected]
Safe & Sound, safeandsound.org
Shifting to Community Supporting: A National and Statewide Effort
Vanessa Spagnoli, Director of State Public Policy, [email protected]
Casey Family Programs, casey.org
Domestic Violence and Child Welfare – The Intersection
Eve Sheedy, Consultant, [email protected]
Taylor Dudley, Executive Director, [email protected]
The UCLA Pritzker Center for Strengthening Children and Families, pritzkercenter.ucla.edu
Survivor Perspective
Jacqueline Herrera, Hope-Line Parent Partner, [email protected]
Los Angeles Dependency Lawyers, ladlinc.org
New Strategies to Address the Intersection
Brenda Tully, Research Director, [email protected]
The UCLA Pritzker Center for Strengthening Children and Families, pritzkercenter.ucla.edu
- Collaborative Reform in Child Welfare for Families Experiencing Domestic Violence in the Antelope Valley Research Brief
- Collaborative Reform in Child Welfare for Families Experiencing Domestic Violence in the Antelope Valley Report
Legal Advocacy for Survivors
Fabiola Gonzalez, Parent Support Case Manager, [email protected]
Family Support and Advocacy Center, fsacla.org
- Family Support and Advocacy Center Flyer (English)
- Family Support and Advocacy Center Flyer (Spanish)
- Family Support and Advocacy Center Free Trainings
Policy Change in DV/Child Welfare, Part I
Chris Negri, Associate Director of Public Policy Strategies, [email protected]
California Partnership to End Domestic Violence, cpedv.org
Policy Change in DV/Child Welfare, Part II
Arati Vasan, Senior Managing Attorney, [email protected]
Family Violence Appellate Project, fvaplaw.org
About Children Now
Children Now is a nonpartisan, multi-issue research, policy development and advocacy organization dedicated to promoting children’s health and education in California. The organization also leads The Children’s Movement of California, a network of more than 3,000 direct service, parent, civil rights, faith-based and community groups dedicated to improving children’s well-being. Learn more about us at www.childrennow.org.