Webinar Registration
Join us for the seventh in a yearlong series of monthly historical and topical webinars commemorating the Children’s Bureau’s Centennial year! These webinars will provide historical information and explore current and/or controversial issues and trends in child welfare. These webinars are designed to engage child welfare stakeholders, offer a forum for dialogue, and energize and invigorate thinking for the century ahead.

“Who Should Our Clients Be? Differential Response and the Provision of Services to Voluntary Clients” will examine the role of differential response in child welfare, particularly as a prevention and family strengthening strategy. Two States will discuss their ongoing use of differential response strategies, including the ways in which differential response has resolved since initial planning and implementation.

Our webinar speakers are:

• Caren Kaplan, CK Innovations in Child Welfare
• Carla Carpenter, Differential Response Manager, Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
• David Thompson, Child Safety Manager, Minnesota Department of Human Services