What are people saying? 

“We see this work as being the underpinning of everything we do”
Erin Sullivan Sutton
Director
Division of Child Safety and Permanency
Minnesota Department of Human Services

“I think the most important part about the guidance at the end, is that there’s something in it for everybody”
Larry Brown
Chief Executive Officer
Larry Brown Associates

“I think there’s some very unique challenges, some very important challenges ahead for the field of child welfare for leadership; and I think the guidance that we’re providing will help them forge a path for addressing those future demands that will be placed on them”
Ken Deibert
Child Welfare Consultant

“The discussions in and of themselves were so rich, that I found myself using the information that I gained from being a part of working on this leadership guidance in my day to day work”
Erwin McEwen
Director
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services

“I’m really optimistic and hopeful that this entire range of guidance will prove to be a kind of hip pocket set of resources that leaders can use and rely on to give them helpful hints as they go about extremely challenging tasks in moving the agenda for children and families forward”
Tom Morton
Director
Department of Family Services, Clark County, NV

“Children in different parts of the country and their families may now receive a more common and higher quality level of service”
Rick Barth
Professor and Dean
University of Maryland, School of Social Work

“We believe very strongly that the leadership, the public child welfare leadership needs to define what the work should look like, and needs to define the standards and principles for the field, and we believe that’s exactly what’s happened with the Positioning Public Child Welfare Guidance”
David Sanders
Executive Vice President
Casey Family Programs