By Laci Hart, Compassionate Caregivers advisory group member Imagine a world where your mistakes are held against you long after they’ve been rectified. Do you think you would give in to the inevitable, or would you fight for what is right? The child welfare system has created a reality where people live this nightmare day […]
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We sat down with Will Meiron to learn more about his work with TXPOP. Mr. Meiron serves as a TXPOP site coordinator at 2INgage, our Region 2 pilot site. The interview below has been edited and condensed for clarity. What are you responsible for in your role as TXPOP Site Coordinator?I work with 2INgage
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On October 22, over 50 child welfare professionals gathered for the first-ever Texas Permanency Outcomes Project (TXPOP) showcase. Our team kicked off the Texas Child Care Administrators Conference by launching a new campaign and exploring the work we’ve led statewide to reinvent foster care and connect children with their families. What We’ve Learned So Far
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The child welfare system often struggles to encourage collaboration across organizations and within families. When birth families, foster caregivers, and the practitioners working on these cases engage with each other, they can promote reunification in the child welfare system. The Texas Permanency Outcomes Project (TXPOP) trains child welfare practitioners to elevate the voices of all parties involved
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At TXPOP, we’re working to make sure our mission meets the needs of communities across Texas. That’s why we partner with local organizations in each of our site locations throughout the state. These local advisory groups—ranging from child care licensing agencies to courts and CASAs—meet regularly to provide feedback on our work and promote our
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One of the key values that defines our direct work with children and families in TXPOP is shared power. We define shared power as providing the opportunity for those with less power to influence and make decisions and inclusion as ensuring everyone’s voice is involved even when strong feelings are expressed and opinions differ. Network
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Nelkasia Graves – Region 6 Site Coordinator Hello! My Name is Nelkasia Graves and I’m the TXPOP Site Coordinator at Monarch Family Services in Region 6. I’ve worked in the private sector of child placing agencies since 2009 and became a Licensed Child Placing Agency Administrator (LCPAA) in 2014. Currently in my role as TXPOP
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One of the goals in child welfare is keeping brothers and sisters connected and placed together if at all possible. However, there are often barriers that get in the way of accomplishing this goal. This story about Bridget (12) and her sister Caitlin (11) and brother Sean (14) demonstrates some of those challenges and how
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On Wednesday, April 3, 2019, the Texas Alliance for Child and Family Services held its spring quarterly symposium in Austin, TX. This symposium focused on family engagement and included a sneak peak of the Texas Permanency Outcomes Project (TXPOP). TXPOP is a project led by the partnership of the Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing and the Texas
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