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Parent Partnership board member urges uniform practices to address disparities in child-welfare outcomes
Summary
A Parent Partnership board member and foster parent told the commission that inconsistent application of child-welfare policies is producing unequal outcomes and urged standardized enforcement, escalation channels, and increased behavioral health services.
Sierra White, a member of the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth Parent Partnership Board and both a biological and foster mother, told commissioners that inconsistent application of child-welfare policies was producing disparate outcomes for families across counties.
White described two recent cases from her experience: one in which two teenagers were moved repeatedly between placements after being removed from a relative’s…
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