From Mandated Reporting to Mandated Supporting: What will it Take?

Are you a mandated reporter? Have you sometimes wished your efforts would result in better outcomes for families and children? This webinar from the Build Initiative’s  Prenatal-to-Three Capacity-Building Hub will explore the current landscape impacting families experiencing heightened adversities and considerations for alternative pathways to engage and support families without a necessitated entry into foster care. Together we will learn about Los Angeles County’s Mandated Supporting Initiative (MSI). The Mandated Supporting Initiative (MSI) is Los Angeles County’s large reform effort powered by a broad coalition of cross-sector public, private, and community-based change agents who are committed to being a part of the solution. The MSI recognizes that mandated reporting results in high numbers of unsubstantiated child abuse and neglect reports, often drives racial disproportionality, and can create distrust among families in need of support who will isolate from those very services due to distrust of the system. The MSI is charting a new path forward.

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