Jordan Institute for Families

A partnership has been developed across eight southeastern states for the development, pilot testing, implementation and evaluation of a competency-based training curriculum. This curriculum will support child welfare practitioners to increase their competency in key areas that promote youth development in working with older youth, ages 16-21, in foster care and in independent living programs.

Child Welfare Practitioners and Youth from the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee met for their third advisory committee meeting in St. Petersburg, Florida recently. The project is funded by the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children, Youth and Families. This project is a three-year relationship between the Jordan Institute for Families at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work and the Southeastern Network of Youth and Family Services.

Youth will actively participate as partners throughout each phase of the project. It is expected that public child welfare staff will change their attitudes, knowledge and skills in order to shift from family centered practice to helping older youth become their own greatest resources in meeting their needs.

Sherry Allen (SEN Director), Dr. Nancy Dickinson (Principal Investigator and Executive Director, Jordan Institute for Families), MaryBeth Rubano (Project Coordinator) and Gary Sanford (SEN - Project Director)



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		*Family Advocacy Workshops* A partnership has been developed across eight southeastern states for the development, pilot testing, implementation and evaluation of a competency-based training curriculum. This curriculum will support child welfare practitioners to increase their competency in key areas that promote youth development in working with older youth, ages 16-21, in foster care and in independent living programs. Child Welfare Practitioners and Youth from the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee met for their third advisory committee meeting in St. Petersburg, Florida recently. The project is funded by the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children, Youth and Families. This project is a three-year relationship between the Jordan Institute for Families at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work and the Southeastern Network of Youth and Family Services. Youth will actively participate as partners throughout each phase of the project. It is expected that public child welfare staff will change their attitudes, knowledge and skills in order to shift from family centered practice to helping older youth become their own greatest resources in meeting their needs. left to right: Sherry Allen (SEN Director), Dr. Nancy Dickinson (Principal Investigator and Executive Director, Jordan Institute for Families), MaryBeth Rubano (Project Coordinator) and Gary Sanford (SEN - Project Director) Click here to see more photos.

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