Overloaded: Understanding Neglect - Introducing the Critical Pathways
Overloaded: Understanding Neglect – Season 2
Show Notes: Episode 1 – Understanding the Critical Pathways with the ICFW Team
Today’s episode included the following speakers (in the order they appear):
Host: Luke Waldo
Experts:
- Gabe McGaughey
- Meghan Christian
- Megan Frederick-Usoh
- Leah Cerwin
:00-2:25 – Luke Waldo – Opening Credits and Introduction
2:26-2:45 – Luke and Gabe McGaughey Opening
2:46-2:58 - Luke – Why do you believe that we need an approach like Strong Families, Thriving Children, Connected Communities (SFTCCC) right now to address neglect?
2:59-3:35 – Gabe – Neglect has remained stubbornly persistent as the primary reason for family separations into the child welfare system, and accounts for around 70% of all child removals in Wisconsin and nationally.
3:36-3:39 - Luke – Can you talk more about how neglect is a complex challenge?
3:40-4:29 – Gabe – Neglect’s complexity illustrated by unstable housing. “Are there things we can learn from efforts in different communities that could be generalized into policy or systems change?”
4:30-4:35 - Luke - How would you describe SFTCCC? How are you hoping it works?
4:36-5:15 - Gabe - “In many ways, SFTCCC is about preaching to the choir, but we want to get the choir to sing the same song, on time, and in tune to support lasting change.”
Prevention efforts across the state aren’t a highly structured, connected, or funded effort like Child Protective Services.
We want to create a network of changemakers that can connect their efforts and communities to others doing similar work across the state.
Creating a network of prevention efforts provides the opportunity to cultivate not only lessons learned and new ideas, but policy recommendations generated with the people working closest with these families, and the families themselves.
5:16-5:20 - Luke – How does SFTCCC line up with other state efforts?
5:21-5:52 - Gabe - There are several high-quality efforts focused on prevention policy, and we want to help connect and elevate those efforts.
This is a 5-10 year objective that will require focus and longevity.
5:53-6:12 - Luke - What have we learned so far in SFTCCC?
6:13-7:35 - Gabe - People serving families overloaded by stress are working hard, but also see the challenges play out every day. People believe that preventing neglect is possible, and they want to come together to talk about the challenges, and possible solutions, they’re facing.
One of the biggest lessons learned is getting other people to think differently about families who are overloaded by stress. How do we start to tell stories differently that help shift mindsets that are barriers to lasting change?
7:36-7:48 – Luke – What is the Economic Stability Critical Pathway, and why is it critical in helping us achieve our objective?
7:49-9:39 - Gabe – Introducing Economic Stability Critical Pathway
9:40-10:05 - Luke – What systems, organizational, and community partners have we identified and engaged as critical to this pathway? Who do we still hope to identify and engage?
10:06-13:26 - Gabe – Workforce Development Boards, TANF providers, and other partners who haven’t always seen themselves as child maltreatment prevention professionals. We are working to engage housing and anti-poverty partners. Relationship-building will be critical. Poverty-informed care through models like Mobility Mentoring.
13:27-13:53 - Luke – Introduction to Meghan and Social Connectedness Critical Pathway
13:54-18:56 – Meghan Christian – Impacts of social isolation and social connectedness on how we care for ourselves and families.
18:57-19:24 – Luke - What systems, organizational, and community partners have we identified and engaged as critical to this pathway? Who do we still hope to identify and engage?
19:25-21:44 - Meghan – Those who know that they help prevent child neglect, and those who don’t know yet.
21:45-22:11 - Luke - What will success look like for this Critical Pathway?
22:12-25:16 - Meghan – Centering our lived experience. Reliable, resilient networks of organic social connectedness.
25:17-25:36 – Luke and Meghan – Thank you
25:37-26:06 - Luke – Introduction to Megan Frederick-Usoh and the Workforce Inclusion and Innovation Critical Pathway
26:07-29:53 - Megan Frederick-Usoh – Introduction to Workforce Inclusion and Innovation Critical Pathway. Burnout and turnover in our child welfare system have a profound impact on the families that they serve.
Moral injury.
Diversity and inclusion strategies need to address the lack of representation in our workforce.
29:54-30:40 - Luke - What systems, organizational, and community partners have we identified and engaged as critical to this pathway? Who do we still hope to identify and engage?
30:41-32:58 - Megan – Lived experience partners. Child welfare professionals. Mandated reporters. Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity. We hope to engage more lived experience partners, particularly Peer to Peer Support Specialists.
32:59-33:51 - Luke - What will success look like for this Critical Pathway?
33:52-34:51 - Megan – Shine a brighter light on the importance of caring for and diversifying our workforce, and the relationships between our workforce and families.
34:52-35:24 - Luke and Megan – Thank you
35:25-35:48 - Luke – Introducing Leah Cerwin and the Community Collaboration Critical Pathway
35:49-37:05 – Leah Cerwin – Introducing Community Collaboration Critical Pathway
37:06-37:24 - Luke – What systems, organizational and community partners have we identified and engaged as critical to this pathway? Who do we still hope to identify and engage?
37:25-39:43 - Leah – Individuals and families with lived experience, mandated reporters – law enforcement, school staff, medical staff -, and judges and legal parties.
39:44-39:53 – Luke – What will success look like for this Critical Pathway?
39:54-41:37 - Leah – Equity. Service and systems accessibility.
36:01-36:20 - Luke and Leah – Thank you
41:57- 42:12 – Luke – Thank you and transition to what we’ve learned and our call to action.
42:13-42:48 – Luke – What have we learned?
42:49-45:05 – Gabe – Mindsets are often some of the biggest challenges and opportunities to meaningful systems change. Are families neglecting their kids, or are our systems and communities neglecting their families?
45:06-45:22 - Luke – What’s our call to action?
45:23-46:50 - Gabe – Call to action – Build new relationships and trust within and across systems and communities.
46:51-47:26 - Luke – Thank you and closing
47:27-48:54 - Luke – Closing Credits
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