The second annual Women’s Leadership Conference is for women in public service who have a strong interest in achievement, the drive to advance their careers, and an interest in partnering with others to promote women’s leadership.
Lutz has worked with OKDHS for the past couple of years on the Child Welfare Practice Standard and Practice Model. She will provide an overview of the child welfare system, including efforts to better communicate with families at the point of assessing safety of children and placement decisions when out-of-home care is necessary.
Lanny Endicott, MSSW, D.Min.
Russia’s child welfare system is evolving. After the October Revolution of 1917, all children were declared to be wards of the state in order to standardize their care and upbringing. This policy led to the development of children’s homes (orphanages) and other forms of group or community care.
Dr. Robert Cox
With the exception of Social Security and Medicare, social welfare policy in the United States is organized around benefiting individuals with proven need. Other European models citizens are entitled to basic security benefits which are usually established on a rate basis or contribution. Robert Cox will discuss the European welfare systems and prevailing models.
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