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Policy Analyst Sean Hyland (Sean H.) is a deep thinker and conscientious team member. He has a passion for acquiring new skills and is always eager to share what he learns with others. He's an accomplished writer and has contributed to several key publications, including a guide to help case workers match families with the right services, a report elevating culturally specific evidence-based programs, and an implementation science curriculum for #ChildWelfare agencies. We especially admire his commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (#DEI). He has served as a member of Chapin Hall's Race Equity Principals Workgroup and Culture and Climate Committee, and he goes above and beyond to apply DEI principles to policy findings and his work with clients. Happy Anniversary, Sean! Learn more about Sean: https://lnkd.in/gUA6KkiM

How prevalent is #YouthHomelessness? Who does it impact? And what kind of actions can we take to prevent and end it for good? Explore several dozen graphics visualizing data from our seminal Voices of Youth Count Study for insights: https://lnkd.in/gXW3zf4a You can use these to educate yourself on this issue and communicate it to others! #EndYouthHomelessness

The Safe & Connected™ practice model helps practitioners work closely with families and their support systems to reduce unnecessary child welfare involvement. It's grounded in values of curiosity and conversation, social justice, #Equity, knowledge building, and participation. Learn about the evidence-base we are building for this model: https://lnkd.in/gFEG7xzd #ChildWelfare

Using datasets that contain racial or ethnic #Bias can have broad implications for research analysis and downstream effects on the children and families you're trying to support. If you're using a public survey dataset in your #ChildWellbeing research, you should consider assessing it for potential racial and ethnic bias using our Racial Bias Tool. What did people who used the tool think of it? They said: ☑️ it provided specific steps on reducing risk of racial/ethnic bias ☑️ topics in the tool taught them different ways datasets can contain this bias Explore: https://lnkd.in/gCw5wFep

Thinking about Economic and Concrete Supports for children and families? You're not alone. Seems everyone in #ChildWelfare is. Watch our webinar on results of a national survey conducted by Chapin Hall and APHSA, which focused on how child welfare leaders perceive and use economic and concrete supports to prevent family child welfare involvement: https://lnkd.in/gnzF5sPK You'll learn about key findings and challenges in aligning human service agencies to better support families. #ChildWellbeing

Senior Policy Fellow Dana Weiner is one of the best illustrations of someone who fully integrates research and policy expertise – generating and applying evidence toward maximum impact for children and families. She is an accomplished researcher, methodologist, translator and #Policy advisor, and she helped build up Chapin Hall's policy unit and the data analytic team within it. Over the past ten years, Dana has been key to numerous projects at Chapin Hall, some of which include leading our Family First Implementation Collaborative and being the lead author of our first brief on economic and concrete supports, which launched an important family strengthening portfolio. Currently, Dana is Chief Officer for the Children’s Behavioral Health Transformation in the office of Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and is helping re-shape systems to better meet the needs of young people and their families. Dana is not only an exceptional leader, but a strong role model, mentor, and friend to many in our organization. She is the first to step up, and she lifts others up with her. It’s with great appreciation that we celebrate her anniversary. Happy anniversary, Dana, and thank you for everything you have contributed to Chapin Hall! Learn more about Dana: https://lnkd.in/gZXqP_8V

Summer is coming to an end already and students are getting back to school. How can we help students who were or are in #FosterCare achieve their educational goals? Research from the University of Illinois's Judy Havlicek and Chapin Hall's Amy Dworsky and Elissa Gitlow shows students who are or were in foster care in Illinois are not well aware of supports available to them and that community colleges in the state have a hard time identifying these students. See the study and their recommendations for better supporting these students: https://lnkd.in/gAwbRVyi

Join the Chapin Hall team! We're looking for dedicated team members to help us find solutions to improve child, youth, and family well-being. We prioritize diversity, #Equity, and a supportive work environment where you can thrive professionally and personally. Why work with us? 🏠 Work From Anywhere Policy: Enjoy #RemoteWork and annual in-person events to foster connection and creativity. Watch this video for more: https://lnkd.in/g99WfdJD 👶 12-Week Paid #ParentalLeave: Support for all parents to bond with their new addition. 🌴 Comprehensive Benefits: Generous time off, retirement match, and health insurance for a balanced and healthy lifestyle.

Chapin Hall experts and Dr. Suzanne Lohrbach, PhD, LICSW from KVC Health Systems have been teaming up to build a solid evidence base for the Safe & Connected™ Practice Model. This model provides practice guidance on how to meaningfully, respectfully, and authentically engage and interact with others to make decisions more inclusive and well informed. It can be used across human service sectors to improve families' health and well-being outcomes: https://lnkd.in/gFEG7xzd #Families #ChildWellbeing

A Chapin Hall research team created a clear, systematic method for researchers to determine whether survey data they plan to analyze were collected with a racial #Equity lens or not. What did people who used the tool have to say about it? They said the tool helped them: ☑️ determine the level of risk of racial and ethnic bias in a dataset they were interested in ☑️ design a survey Leverage this tool in your work: https://lnkd.in/gCw5wFep #Data