The goal of the project is to create sustainable working families by helping those who serve children and their parents to communicate and collaborate in more effective ways. The end product will be an ongoing electronic forum where human services professionals can understand the needs of working families, improve services, inform the public debate and move the public will. Participation in the roundtables is by invitation only and will reflect geographical and ethnic diversity as well as a range of points of view. We are particularly interested in including groups that may not usually get an opportunity to take part in public policy discussions. Roundtable members introduce themselves, read message and write thoughtful replies, and cite relevant research and resources in the project's online library.
Most participants log in for a total of one hour each week for the length of each roundtable.
Participants are also invited to nominate others to join the roundtables. Participants will become part of a growing community of human service professionals who test ideas, share opinions and shape the public debate on how to ensure sustainable working families. Unlike chat, conferencing does not happen in real time, but happens over time. Participants can log in whenever they want, catch up on the discussion and join in. Electronic mailing list messages come chronologically to your email box.