Episode 33: Communication Solutions for Foster Care

"One of the biggest threats to good outcomes in child welfare is not bad intentions…it is the broken or inconsistent communication between all the folks involved in a child's life." — Kellie Green   A true quote from our guest on the podcast today and it frames our discussion so well. In this episode of Navigating Child Welfare, I’m talking with colleague Kellie Green, who’s worked across child welfare, Medicaid, and behavioral health for over 20 years. We get real about why the child welfare system and foster care can feel so complicated, even for people who do this work for a living. And we focus on one of the biggest issues that quietly wrecks outcomes: broken and inconsistent communication. Then we talk solutions, specifically a coordination platform called Sunlight that’s built to connect everyone on a child’s team in one place. Solutions exist- we have to brave enough to keep looking. #FosterCare #ChildWelfareSystem #ChildWelfare #FamilyAndChildWelfareSystem #CaseManagement #ParentRepresentation #CASA #Permanency #SystemsChange   Kellie & Sunlight contact info: www.getsunlight.org https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelliehansreid/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/sunlighthq/   Check out SYNCing Child Welfare: www.syncingchildwelfare.com