Current Challenges In Financing The Child Welfare System & Child Welfare Services: A Look At Proposed Reforms & How They Will Affect Counties & Service Providers

This presentation, led by Howard Shiffman, Senior Associate, OPEN MINDS was given at the 2014 OPEN MINDS California Planning & Performance Management Institute in San Diego, California on August 20, 2014, presents the costs, financing, performance, and outcomes for the current child welfare system. Howard Shiffman is joined by Christine James-Brown, President & CEO, Child Welfare League of America, and Joseph M. Costa, Chief Executive Officer, Hillsides, as they discuss the CWLA proposal for finance reform including principles for Title IV-E reform and practical options for provider organization executives to help advance the reform movement for child welfare . . .