As announced in April during Child Abuse Prevention Month, the Office of Child and Family Services and the Maine Children?s Trust are pleased to announce the third in our 2023 Child Abuse Prevention webinar series to continue the conversation about how we can all keep children safe by keeping families strong.? ?This webinar series has been held the first Tuesday of every other month at 10 a.m. with the exception of the upcoming webinar being scheduled for the day prior. ?Please see below for more details on this upcoming webinar.

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Date:??Monday, October 2,?2023, from 10 a.m.?to 11:00 am via Zoom

Topic: Strengthening Families Through Economic and Concrete Supports: Actionable Tools and Resources

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Description:?As we heard in June?s webinar in this series, there is a great deal of research on the role that poverty plays in the occurrence of child abuse and neglect.? By connecting families to economic and concrete supports, we can help to strengthen families and reduce the likelihood of child maltreatment.? For the upcoming webinar, Clare Anderson, MSW, a Senior Policy Fellow at Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, will provide additional information and resources with the audience with an emphasis on actionable tools and resources. Clare is a national expert and thought leader in child welfare and family strengthening policy. Her work includes partnering with states and jurisdictions to transform systems through capacity building and the implementation of policies, programs, and services that make a difference for children and families. ?

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Participants will:

  • Explore the use of an actionable policy tool to review policies and guide expanded availability and access
  • Further explore implications of this research and policy options associated with it for the strengthening family movement in Maine
  • Explore the connection to the Maine Child Safety and Family Well-Being Plan

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In anticipation of this webinar, you are invited to review these resources that will help provide some foundational knowledge on this topic:

  1. From Chapin Hall:
    1. https://www.chapinhall.org/research/economic-supports-child-welfare/? ?
    2. https://www.chapinhall.org/project/a-key-connection-economic-stability-and-family-well-being/
    3. https://www.chapinhall.org/wp-content/uploads/FINAL-ECS-Tool-with-Intro_6.14.23.pdf?
  2. Maine?s Child Safety and Family Well-Being Plan:
    1. https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/sites/maine.gov.dhhs/files/2023-05/Maine%20Child%20Safety%20and%20Family%20Wellbeing%20Plan.pdf

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In order to participate or receive the webinar recording and resources, please register here by September 27th, 2023, at 5 p.m. A meeting invitation and link to the webinar will be sent to you the day prior to the scheduled webinar.

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Thank you for partnering with us so all Maine children and families can be safe, stable, happy and healthy.

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