Building Community, Building Hope Video Series

Digital Dialogue No. 1

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“Today, we know;if we want to save

children, we have to save their families.”

Deborah DaroChief Research Fellow, Chapin Hall at

The University of Chicago

“Fundamentally addressing child abuse and neglect IS a health issue.”

Melissa BrodowskiOffice of Child Care

“What our project is trying to do, we have our staff called service coordinators, and they’re the single point of contact for all the services that the families need.”

Kelli MaloneProject Director, PUSH (Iowa)

“At least 50% of the kids that are in foster care would never had to enter foster care at all if we would have been able to support their families to be able to protect and nurture them.”

Jim SeymourExecutive DirectorCatholic Community Services (Oregon)

“We’re shifting data from something that evaluates performance to something that informs learning, and that feels very different to people . . .”

Sharlene Joachim Improvement Coach, Magnolia Community Initiative (California)

“One of the things that we work towards with all of our partners is not only provide the service but also ask an additional three questions around social isolation, maternal depression or family stressors, and child development concerns.”

Lila Guirguis Director, Magnolia Community Initiative(California)

Alex MoralesCEO, Children’s Bureau of Southern California

“We all need to own the welfare of children and families in the communities versus one organization claiming itself as the owner and the leader of this”

“What we’ve learned over time is that there is no such thing as a resistant family; there are only resistant professionals.”

Kelli MaloneProject Director, PUSH (Iowa)

“The key is the focus on promoting protective factors in the home and in the neighborhood right where people live.”

Jim SeymourExecutive DirectorCatholic Community Services (Oregon)

“People are finding ways to build effective programs that are really engaging families in new and different ways.”

Melissa BrodowskiOffice of Child Care

“. . .the job of prevention is to level the playing field, to make it okay for every parent to reach out and ask for help.”

Deborah DaroChief Research Fellow, Chapin Hall at The University of Chicago

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