Policy & Practice April 2015

TODAY’S EXPERTISE FORTOMORROW’S SOLUTIONS

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Vol. 73, No. 2 April 2015

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Meeting the People Where They Are

3 Director’s Memo Previewing APHSA’s 2015 National Policy Forum

Increasing financial well-being through integrating financial capability services

6 Spotlight on Foster Care

Engaging youth voices: Basing policy changes in daily realities

7 Spotlight on Foster Care

Self-sabotage in foster care placements

24 Legislative Update Next steps for child care: Robust reforms mark two decades to reach reauthorization

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Building the Consumer Voice How executive functioning, resilience, and leadership capacity are leading the way

26 Partnering for Impact

Improving father engagement in Texas home visiting programs

28 Technology Speaks

ConneCT creates modernized health and human service delivery

30 Locally Speaking

Cleveland County Department of Social Services saves $10,000 in county dollars while helping county citizens in need of food

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Pathway to Reform Using authentic engagement to revamp Michigan’s child welfare system financing

32 Legal Notes Financial eligibility criteria to be a foster or adoptive parent

38 Staff Spotlight

Shakieta Campbell, administrative assistant for the legislative affairs department and the AAICPC interstate division

40 Our Do’ers Profile Frank L. Alexander, director of the Boulder County Department of Housing and Human Services

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The 21st Century Workforce Guiding human service

leaders as they prepare their organizations for the future

Cover photograph via Shutterstock

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