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News:
NEW! New to the Transformation Web Site – Kinship Care!
A Kinship Care page has been added to the site. Essential information and tools on Kinship Care are now available. Visit the page for information on Diversion, Foster Care Placement, Permanence, PowerPoint presentations and other key tools and recourses.
Agents of Change Program
The Virginia Agents of Change Program launched recently as 60 emerging leaders from child-serving agencies across the state came together to kick-off the six month program.
Designed to help accelerate the achievement of the Virginia Children’s Services System Transformation goals by growing and strengthening leaders at the state and local level, the Agents of Change program is a unique partnership between the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
The purpose of the program is to provide opportunities for state and local leaders within the public child-serving agencies across Virginia to come together and build their capacity as collaborative leaders to accelerate progress towards the multi-agency Transformation Outcomes. The leadership development program is designed to support the application of results-based leadership skills in leading the Transformation both in the leader’s multi-agency role and in their leadership in their home communities and agencies. The Agents of Change Program will run through June of this year.
The First Governor's Conference a Success!
The first governor's conference on Children’s Services Transformation was a remarkable success. The conference produced a variety of perspectives on increasingly critical issues. The two-day event was hosted by First Lady Anne Holton and, sponsored by the Annie E. Casey and Freddie Mac Foundations.
The conference brought together approximately 600 stakeholders and advocates to celebrate milestones of the Children’s Services Transformation program and focused on sharing best practices to most effectively help at-risk children and their families throughout the Commonwealth.
Presentation materials from the conference’s workshops are now available >> click here
To view photos from the conference >> click here
In photo: Governor Tim Kaine, First Lady Anne Holton and Ray Ratke
Talking Transformation
NEW! Governing Magazine: Accountability Comes to Human Services
After years of resistance, evidence-based practices have arrived in the health and human services communities. Click here to read more about how Virginia is a leaders in this movement.
Family Engagement Information and Tools Now Available!
Additional information and tools on family engagement are now available. Visit the “Family Engagement Tools” page for information on evidence based practices, key elements of family partnership meetings, Virginia’s family engagement implementation strategy and more.
Washington Post: Foster teens ready to tell city council how to fix system
Click here to read more about how teenagers in foster care are lending their voices to help fix the system.