UGA Leads Study of Family Legislation’s Implications for Children of Color by Laurie Anderson
Researchers to analyze implementation of the Family First Prevention Services Act
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multi-institution study led by a University of Georgia researcher is looking at how new federal legislation may help children of color stay out of foster care. Among other things, the study will identify the unintended consequences of the legislation related to inequities.
School of Social Work Professor Harold Briggs, the Pauline M. Berger Professor in Family and Child Welfare, leads the study. Funded by the William T. Grant Foundation, it will examine how state and tribal child welfare agencies and stakeholders envision implementing the Title IV-E Prevention Services Plans afforded through the Family First Prevention Services Act (Family First). The plans, which vary by agency, cover delivery of evidence-based, in-home services such as programs to build parenting skills and address mental health and substance use, with the goal of strengthening families and
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