This policy briefing addressed the critical intersection between early childhood education and the child welfare system. Click to view the recording.
Transforming Systems: How Early Childhood Education Can Support Child Welfare and Well-Being
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This policy briefing addressed the critical intersection between early childhood education and the child welfare system. Click to view the recording.
In this webinar series, researchers co-present with community partners to explore how researchers can engage meaningfully with communities using a social justice lens.
Demonstrating its commitment to connecting community and academia, the Clark-Fox Policy Institute hosted Children’s Division Director Judge Darrell Missey and Brown School Dean Dorian Traube for a tour of Urban Sprouts Early Childhood Center. Ellicia Lanier, Clark-Fox Policy Institute Scholar-in-Residence and Urban Sprouts founding Executive Director, led the tour.
Judge Darrell Missey, head of the Missouri Children’s Division, spoke to a packed house in Brown Lounge about his initiative to introduce prevention workers across the state, whose role is to engage with families before challenges escalate.