Policy & Practice | October 2021

30 Days toFamily®: The UnbuiltBridge

Scaling Government- Involved Programs in the Space Between Institutional/Foster Care-Based Services and Preventive Services

By Ian Forber-Pratt and Melanie Moredock

We

suspect that all of us are seeing unanticipated challenges and roadblocks in the transition from institutional/foster care–based services and preventive services. But we are

unapologetic optimists and wanted to frame this article as a thought experiment around the unbuilt bridge needed between our starting point—congregate care and foster care as prominent ways of care and protection for children in the child welfare system—to community-based and prevention-focused care.

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