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Forum on Poverty: The Impact on Children and Families

On May 26, 2016, Partners for Our Children partnered with the Washington State Budget & Policy Center to host a follow-up to our Poverty & Child Welfare Forum that took place late 2015. Forum on Poverty: The Impact on Children and Families was held at Revelle Hall at the Navos Community Center in Burien.

In December 2015, Partners for Our Children hosted a forum that explored the connection between poverty and involvement in the child welfare system, addressed a few statewide responses and briefly touched on policy solutions. We heard from many of you that you want to better understand innovations happening across the state, as well as to answer the question: “What can we do?” That’s why we brought everyone together again.

Speakers, moderators and panelists for the forum included:

  • Lawrence Berger, MSW, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison
  • Elena Hernandez, Washington State Budget & Policy Center
  • Alex Hur, Statewide Poverty Action Network
  • Lew Moore, Washington State Research Council
  • Mike Reichert, Catholic Community Services of Western Washington
  • Siobhan Ring, Children’s Alliance
  • Representative David Sawyer, 29th District
  • David Stillman, Economic Services Administration 
  • Andi Smith, Governor Jay Inslee’s Office
  • Lauren Thomas, Hopelink
  • Dee Wilson, formerly Casey Family Programs
  • Representative Hans Zeiger, 25th District