The
Summit Initiative on Child Protection and Family Support
Description
of the Summit Initiative
In
1999, MCC brought together over 60 of the state's and
country's
leading child and family policymakers, convening the highly
successful two-day Policy Leaders Summit on New Directions
in Child Protection and Family Support.
Following
that Summit, MCC led and organized key leaders in a post-Summit
effort to craft an agenda aimed at reforming the state's
child protection system and expanding community-based family
supports.
Under
its "Summit Initiative on Child Protection and Family Support,"
MCC convened five Work Groups to address specific issues:
Multidisciplinary Assessment, Dual Track, Workforce/Workload,
Treatment/Intervention, and Family Support and Child Abuse
Prevention. During
the spring of 2000, three day-long symposia were convened
to address the impact of child abuse and trauma on child
development, behavior, and school performance.
Over
200 leaders in child welfare, health/mental health, and
law enforcement have participated in the Summit Initiative.
In our
continuing effort to reform the state's child protection
system, MCC has released the 200-page State Call To Action:
Working to End Child Abuse and Neglect in Massachusetts
and has begun working to implement its many recommendations.
Description
of the Summit Initiative
List of Summit Participants.
Press Release on the release
of the State Call to Action.
Executive Summary of the State
Call to Action
State Call
To Action
Full Report
The
State Call To Action is available in book format.
To order your copy, please send check or money order for
$15 per book (made out to Massachusetts Citizens for Children)
to:
Massachusetts Citizens for Children
14 Beacon Street, Suite 706, Boston, MA 02108
Please be sure to include your name, shipping address
and phone number, and the number of books you are ordering.
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