Town Hall: The State of Child Welfare
Channel: NOWCastSA
Date: 17/11/2016

Join NOWCastSA for the live webcast of the State of Child Welfare, an in-depth town hall at the Christ Episcopal Church, 510 Belknap, on Thursday, Nov. 17 from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

The free community event is hosted by the Children's Shelter in partnership with Texas Public Radio and will be moderated  by Shelley Kofler, TPR news director. 
The town hall will first examine the child welfare system using research by the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities http://alliance1.org/ and from the federal perspective from U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett, (D-35) https://doggett.house.gov/ . 

Then Texas State Senator for District 19 Carlos Uresti, Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai , and former Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Commissioner, Judge John Specia will discuss the state response to the child welfare crisis and look ahead to the 85th Texas legislative session starting Jan. 10, 2017.

The Children's Shelter President/CEO, Annette Rodriguez will conclude the conversation by examining research on what is best for a child who has entered the child welfare system and how to address childhood trauma as a result of chronic neglect and abuse.

Thanks to the underwriting support of The City of San Antonio Department of Human Services  and the Annie E. Casey Foundation  and sponsorship from The Children’s Shelter, anyone can watch the presentation live or replay the video for free.