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Sharon Hirsch is President & CEO of Positive Childhood Alliance NC. Building positive childhoods, especially for those left behind.
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http://www.PositiveChildhoodAllianceNC.org 13-01-2016 23:16:37
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Chapin Hall Clare Anderson Over half of all Black children experience a CPS investigation in the US. “It has become a normative experience,” says Clare Anderson, adding that this is in large part due to policy choices. Chapin Hall
"This is the job of us as a society. It requires a reconceptualization of who we are as a society and which interventions we deploy when, and how. We can reorient and focus on child and family well-being as a set of solutions." - Clare Anderson Chapin Hall
Now: lessons from other states on economic supports for children & families from SC, KY & TX moderated by Anna Austin UNC Public Health with Erin Haire of SC Institute of Medicine & Public Health, Coda Rayo-Garza of Every Texan & Jill Seyfred of Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky #essentialsforchildhood #healthpolicy #nc #sc #tx #ky
Ending a great day of talking #EssentialsforChildhood with remarks from Sharon Hirsch of Positive Childhood Alliance NC. PCANC CEO says, “We have proven policy options - our challenge is to come together to build economic supports for families so more NC children can be healthy, contributing citizens.”
Child welfare is expensive today & downstream. The great news is that concrete #economicsupports reduce #CPS and #fostercare cases. That makes good economic sense and means more children can grow up safe, healthy and thriving. That is good policy. Positive Childhood Alliance NC
In honor of Child Abuse Prevention Month we encourage you to check out the Positive Childhood Alliance and its resources Positive Childhood Alliance NC positivechildhoodalliancenc.org as we all work together to look out for and uplift the children in our state.