Children's Home Society of America

05/08/2020

11/25/2019

CHSA member Children & Families First (Delaware) has announced its new CEO Kirsten Olson who will step into the role after Leslie Newman retires at the end of the year. Congrats Kirsten!

Children & Families First is proud to announce our Board of Directors has selected Kirsten Olson, our current Chief Strategy Officer to become our new Chief Executive Officer as of Jan 1, 2020! CONGRATULATIONS Kirsten!
For our full press release please visit: https://conta.cc/2rdy4zY

10/29/2019

Join this informative webinar scheduled for tomorrow!

Although there was a decline in youth in foster care, the length of time children stay has risen, with fewer of them returning to their parents. Join us tomorrow at 10 a.m. PST or 1 p.m. EST, for a free to discuss the new data. http://j.mp/2BU4ba2

10/23/2019

As we wrap up our ninth Wicked Problems in Chicago, we want to thank our sponsors: Casey Family Programs, Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, Jessie Ball duPont Fund and Council on Accreditation. Thank you for your remarkable support!

10/23/2019

David Kelly, special assistant of the U.S. Children's Bureau Associate Commissioner, provided our second-day keynote for our Wicked Problems institute.

10/22/2019

Thank you to the participants on our youth and family voice panel at Wicked Problems institute. Georgia Boothe of Children's Aid served as the moderator.

10/22/2019

Thank you for coming to this incredible institute!

Child welfare is a wicked problem—it is a problem that defies ordinary solutions.

It is "wicked" because as the priorities of the government change, definitions of the source of the problem shift between fixing the blame on inadequate and irresponsible parenting versus tying it to the stresses of the larger social environment.

Whatever its source, child welfare problems are interconnected to drug abuse, domestic violence, and unmarried parenthood, at the individual level; concentrated poverty, institutional racism, and ineffective social policies, at the societal level.

In setting policy, government continues to struggle with how to measure success and whether it is best to focus narrowly on child safety or more broadly on social and emotional well-being.

Staff from the Institute are attending The FFSPA Call to Action in Chicago this week to learn more about harnessing the power of families as part of Children's Home Society of America Wicked Problems of Child Welfare Institute IX.

Pictured here is Illinois Governor JB Pritzker speaking at the event earlier today.

10/22/2019

Christine James Brown of Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) served as moderator of our expert panel on supporting kinship care at our Wicked Problems Institute today.

10/22/2019

Dr. Melissa Merrick of Prevent Child Abuse America, Paul DiLorenzo of Casey Family Programs, Laurie Ann Sp****la of Board of Child Care and Steve Grilli of Washington state's child and family department share their insights of the transformation and impact of the Family First Act for our first panel at our Wicked Problems' institute.

10/22/2019

Dr. Melissa Merrick of Prevent Child Abuse America served as our moderator for our Wicked Problems' first panel about insights into Families First Act transformation.

10/22/2019

Dr. Kyle Pruett of Yale University's School of Medicine provided a powerful opening keynote about engaging fathers at CHSA's Wicked Problems institute today.