Community supports to prevent child welfare involvement: Focus on Family Resource Centers
Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash Child welfare advocates have long pushed for deeper investments in strategies that can prevent maltreatment from occurring rather than simply respond after children and families become involved in the system. As these efforts gain ground, SPARC members have been focusing on identifying promising prevention initiatives and the best […]
2024 Legislative Preview: Hot Topics in Child Advocacy
Photo by Philip White via Unsplash As states roll into the 2024 legislative sessions, we took a look at our members’ legislative agendas to find out what issues child advocates will be focused on this year. While many Partnership members are fighting to make sure critical programs like SNAP and Medicaid are fully funded, they […]
SPARC 2023 Convening: Working and Learning Together for Transformational Change in Child Welfare
In December, SPARC members had the opportunity to convene in Baltimore at the Annie E. Casey Foundation offices. (State Policy Advocacy and Reform Center, or SPARC, is a network of state child welfare advocates housed at the Partnership for America’s Children and supported by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, and […]
