Child and Family Strengthening Systems (CTIPP CAN)

In honor of May being Foster Care Month, our May 15th CTIPP CAN call discussed the history of funding and its impact on child and family strengthening systems.
CTIPP team member Antron McCullough shared his lived experiences and expertise surrounding foster care with our network during this call. Budget decisions greatly impact systems, and we discussed how funding can create support programs, resources, and services for children, teens, young adults, and families as a whole.
Our current systems are inefficient and are riddled with historical legacies of structural racism and oppression, and we want to empower advocates and decision-makers to promote healing and build a society where trauma doesn't have a ripple effect during the lifespan of our nation's young people and across future generations.
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