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Committee moves to convert DFCS community forum into a child-welfare roundtable, seeks stakeholder-led design
Summary
The committee directed DFCS to explore repurposing its community forum into a child-welfare roundtable or, if stakeholders prefer, to propose a separate independent roundtable, with attention to neutral facilitation and after-hours meetings to increase community participation.
The Children, Seniors and Family Committee voted on March 27 to direct the Department of Family and Children Services (DFCS) to explore transforming the existing DFCS community forum into a child-welfare community roundtable and to return with recommendations on whether the forum can be repurposed or whether a separate independent roundtable should be established.
Background and options DFCS presented three options it had considered for a roundtable to improve coordination among stakeholders: fold the roundtable into the Child Abuse Prevention Council (CAPC); create a…
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