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Leading with Lived Experience in Child Welfare

Leading with Lived Experience in Child Welfare

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The latest episode of the Ahlquist Agenda focuses on a first of its kind program in Illinois, AKIN: Achieving Permanency through Kinship Placement Investing in Co-parenting with Natural Parents. The AKIN program partners parent mentors with lived experience and families navigating the child welfare system. Statewide Program Manager for Family Support Services Ashley Ackerman and Parent Partner Myles Camp-Lockett join host Eric Mayo to talk about why lived experience matters in child welfare and the positive impacts the program is having on families, children, and youth.

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Learn more about building relationships between parents and caregivers and the importance of lived experience in programming

To learn more about Brightpoint, visit our website at http://www.brightpoint.org
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