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"Preparing for The Post Pandemic Fallout in Child Welfare"

Microsoft Industry Digital Forum, March 31, 2021 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM PST

Child welfare organizations historically operate without adequate capacity to meet their mandates regarding safety and permanency for children. Covid-19 brought new pains as organizations struggled to respond during lockdowns, maintain their workforce, contact trace, and retain foster homes when foster families feared exposure. However, lockdowns suppressed report volume as children were no longer visualized by mandated reporters, namely educators and healthcare providers. As the pandemic abates, children will return to the public eye, sparking increased demand. Organizations need to be prepared to respond without growing backlogs that bring about a cascading system collapse.

Learn what organizations did and will do to counteract the effects of the pandemic. Some of the questions we will discuss include:

• How can technology add capacity to achieve best outcomes?
• What emergency solutions will become consistent practice?
• What interactions can be done virtually versus in person?
• How to reduce high turnover?

Host and Moderator: Greg McKay, Director, Worldwide Public Sector, Microsoft Panelist:

• Maura Corrigan, Legal Counsel Butzel Long – Former Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice and Michigan HHS Director
• Shalom Jacobs, Deputy Director of Field Operations, Arizona Department of Child Safety
• Dr. Carol Homden, CEB, Group CEO, Coram

Registration is below:

• DATE/TIME:
  March 31, 2021 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM PST
• REGISTRATION:
  https://info.microsoft.com/CO-DTGOV-WBNR-FY21-03Mar-31-PublicHealthandSocialServices-5956_LP01Registration-ForminBody.html