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The Pew Initiatives

The Pew Initiatives. A National Non-Litigation Strategy to Improve Outcomes 12 th National Conference on Children and the Law ABA Center on Children and the : Law In partnership with the Harvard Law School Child Advocacy Program Judge Nancy S. Salyers 14 March 2007. The Pew Initiatives.

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The Pew Initiatives

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  1. The Pew Initiatives A National Non-Litigation Strategy to Improve Outcomes 12th National Conference on Children and the Law ABA Center on Children and the : Law In partnership with the Harvard Law School Child Advocacy Program Judge Nancy S. Salyers 14 March 2007

  2. The Pew Initiatives • Why so many in care for so long? • Who is responsible? • What can be done? • How to make it happen?

  3. Strategy • Convene Commission • Launch Outreach and Education via Fostering Results • Release Recommendations • Launch Campaign for Implementation

  4. The Pew Commission Recommendations for reform in: Federal Financing And Court Oversight and Accountability

  5. Fostering Results Education and Outreach to create climate for change. Partnerships Presentations Products Products plus Partners = Press Opportunities

  6. Fostering Results National Partners • National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges • National Center for State Courts • Child Welfare League of America • Voices for America’s Children • Association for Public Human Services Administrators • ABA Center for Children and the Law • National CASA • Justice Management Institute • Judicial Education Research and Technology Transfer Project

  7. Fostering Results State Partners • Arizona Ohio • California New York • Connecticut Tennessee • Iowa Texas • Missouri Wisconsin

  8. Fostering ResultsProducts • Nation’s CW System Doubles Number of Adoptions (Align Incentives with Results) • The Foster Care Straightjacket • A View from the Bench (Judicial Survey) • Family Ties (Subsidized Guardianship) • National Curriculum for Caseflow Management in Dependency Cases • Improving Outcomes Together: Court and Child Welfare Collaboration

  9. Campaign for Implementation • Town hall meetings • Press Briefings • Hill Briefings • Editorial Board Meetings • Articles • Conference Presentations • Reports

  10. Campaign for ImplementationNational Partners • Fostering Results • Fostering Court Improvement • Generations United • National Conference of State Legislatures • National Center for State Courts • National Council for Adoptable Children • National Council for Adoption • National Indian Child Welfare Association

  11. Campaign for ImplementationState Partners • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Ohio • Texas

  12. Results • 11 Resolutions to adopt/implement the Recommendations of the Pew Commission: Judicial Council of CA, NCJFCJ, CCJ, COSCA, Texas Supreme Court Task Force, LA County Board of Supervisors, NACC, AMA, United Soputh and Eastern Tribes, Arkansas Judicial Council, National Congress of American Indians, Permanent Judicial Commission on Justice for Children

  13. Results • 27 State Commissions/Taskforces formed: • Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin.

  14. Results • National Leadership Summit on the Protection of Children (Minnesota 9/05) • Call to Action (Spring ’06) • $100,000,000.00 in addition CIP funding, over 5 years, designated for implementation of Performance Measures and for multidisciplinary training • Fostering Court Improvement

  15. New Campaign Kids are Waiting Fix Foster Care Now

  16. Pew Related Projects and Links • Pew Commission on Children in Foster Care • www.pewfostercare.org • Fostering Results (University of Illinois) • www.fosteringresults.org • Fostering Court Improvement (Barton Child Law) • www.fosteringcourtimprovement.org • Kids Are Waiting • www.kidsarewaiting.org

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