Understanding the child welfare system and the outcomes it produces

Vivian Gadsden, Carter Professor of Child Development and Education and Co-Faculty Director of the Penn Futures Project, and Katherine Barghaus, Executive Director of the Penn Child Research Center and of the Penn Futures Project, have been awarded $79,471 from Casey Family Programs to help support a multiphase partnership initiative between Penn Child and Penn Futures and the Philadelphia Department of Human Services and Office of Children and Families. This initiative aims to better understand the child welfare system and the outcomes it produces. The contract will help support the phase of the initiative aimed at learning from the lived experiences of the people in the child welfare system, both those served and those who serve.