Center for Safe and Stable Futures

The Center for Safe and Stable Futures exists to bring clarity, accountability, and outcomes into child welfare policy.

[Center for Safe and Stable Futures @CSSFutures]

Child welfare agencies are being asked to solve a problem too large to solve alone.

Good intentions don't protect children. Systems do, and building the right systems starts with being honest about what we're asking them to do.

CSSF's @aly_brodsky: https://t.co/wizcW6Lnjv

[Center for Safe and Stable Futures @CSSFutures]

With predictive risk modeling, North Carolina has a chance to honor Dominique Moody's death with a system that recognizes danger before it becomes tragedy.
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[Center for Safe and Stable Futures @CSSFutures]

Families don't live siloed lives, but the government responds to their instability through siloed systems.

CSSF's @aly_brodsky on what prevention truly requires.
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[Center for Safe and Stable Futures @CSSFutures]

The systems meant to protect Dominique Moody knew she existed, yet they failed to act with urgency.

We cannot keep treating predictable patterns like surprises. North Carolina has the chance to build a better system with predictive risk modeling.
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[FREOPP @FREOPP]

1 in 7 children experience abuse or neglect each year. Over 4.4 million reports are received by U.S. hotlines.

The child welfare system knows the scale of the problem. What's missing is the clarity of purpose to solve it.

FREOPP's @aly_brodsky created @CSSFutures to change that. Read our latest newsletter to learn more.
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[Center for Safe and Stable Futures @CSSFutures]

Listening to the families who experience these systems and to the practitioners building better models can show what it takes to build real pathways for parents in addiction.

Read what Katherine's story means for child welfare policy.
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[Center for Safe and Stable Futures @CSSFutures]

Sometimes the most important policy insights begin with a story.

@aly_brodsky writes about Katherine, a mother who fought through addiction and was reunited with her daughters. Their story is a victorious story, one that people rarely see in the headlines.

[Center for Safe and Stable Futures @CSSFutures]

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[Center for Safe and Stable Futures @CSSFutures]

At CSSF, we believe that solving the hardest problems in child welfare requires people deeply committed to improving the lives of vulnerable children and families.

Tiffany Perrin is one of those people, and we're glad she's bringing her rich expertise to our team.

[Center for Safe and Stable Futures @CSSFutures]

Every delayed placement has a child attached to it.

The new Kin-Specific Foster Family Home Licensing Standards cut unnecessary barriers and move kids into safe, familiar homes faster.

Stability is not a luxury. It is a necessity, and this is a step toward delivering it.

[Center for Safe and Stable Futures @CSSFutures]

New legislation, policy shifts, and accountability gaps don't always make headlines.

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Policy should be designed with children’s safety and families’ stability in mind. From the White House Domestic Policy Council to state-level reform, @Les_A_Ford brings a rare ability to translate principled reform into real systems change.

We're glad she's with us.

[Center for Safe and Stable Futures @CSSFutures]

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More than a dozen federal child welfare reforms passed by near-unanimous consent between 1980 and 2018.

That bipartisan foundation hasn't disappeared, but the scope of what gets called "child welfare" has expanded dramatically (and not always in ways that help children).

[Center for Safe and Stable Futures @CSSFutures]

CSSF Senior Fellow Tiffany Perrin examines what it would take to address shortcomings in the child welfare system so that it protects children, supports families, and holds government accountable for both. https://t.co/JyvjEUd2YO

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[Center for Safe and Stable Futures @CSSFutures]

Children in the child welfare system need people in their corner who understand what's at stake.

@aly_brodsky has held nearly every vantage point in child welfare. That combination of proximity and authority is rare, and it's why she built CSSF.

[Center for Safe and Stable Futures @CSSFutures]

Safe children and stable families happen when systems are built with clear values and held to them.

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[Center for Safe and Stable Futures @CSSFutures]

Children who face maltreatment need a system that is clearly defined and accountable. Here's where CSSF stands 🧵

[Center for Safe and Stable Futures @CSSFutures]

Families facing hardship need neighbors, communities, and institutions in their corner. Good policy should strengthen that support.