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                         Noon – 1pm Eastern Time,
                         9am – 11am Pacific Time

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Topics and Presenters

1. March 4
   Racial Disproportionality, Race Disparity, and Other Race-Related Findings in Published Works Derived from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being
   
   Presented by: Keesha Dunbar, MBA, MSW, School of social Work, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
   
   Racial Disproportionality, Race Disparity, and Other Race-Related Findings (Power Point Presentation)
   
   Racial Disproportionality, Race Disparity, and Other Race-Related Findings in Published Works Derived from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (PDF)
   
   
2. March 18
   Using Multiple Measures to Determine Progress in Site Efforts: Lessons Learned in Woodbury County, Iowa
   
   Presented by: Julia Kleinschmit-Rembert, MSW, University of Iowa, and Dennette Derezotes, Executive Director, Race Matters Consortium @ Westat
   
   Evaluating Progress In Reducing the Disproportional Representation of Native American Children in Woodbury County (Sioux City), IA (Power Point Presentation)
   
   
3. April 1
   Findings from A Georgetown Public Policy Institute and Chapin Hall Symposium: The Overrepresentation of Children of Color in America’s Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Systems
   
   Presented by: Shay Bilchik, JD, Georgetown Public Policy Institute and Ada Skyles, Phd, JD, and Jeffrey Butts, MSW, PhD, Chapin Hall Center for Children, and Bridgette Lery, PhD
   
   Understanding Racial and Ethnic Disparity in Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice (Power Point Presentation)
   
   
4. April 15
   Racial and Ethnic Differences in Unsuccessful In-Home Services Child Welfare Services Plans Following a Maltreatment Investigation
   
   Presented by: Patricia L. Kohl, PhD, Brown School of Social Work, Washington University
   
   Unsuccessful In-home Child Welfare Service Plans: Racial and Ethnic Differences (Power Point Presentation)
   
   Unsuccessful In-Home Child Welfare Service Plans Following a Maltreatment Investigation: Racial and Ethnic Differences (PDF)
   
   
5. May 6
   Addressing Reunification in Illinois
   
   Presented by: Terry Solomon, PhD, Illinois African American Family Commission
   
   Reunification Services in Illinois (Power Point Presentation)
   
   
6. May 20
   Revisiting MEPA/IEPA: If we changed this policy, what should it look like?
   
   Presented by Joe Kroll, Executive Director of North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC); and Ruth McRoy, Board Chairman, NACAC
   
   Protecting Children of Color: A Case for Changing MEPA/IEP (Power Point Presentation)
   
   Making MEA-IEP Work: Tools for Professionals (PDF)
   
   Finding Families for African American Children: The Role of Race & Law in Adoption from Foster Care (PDF)
   
   Testimony before United States Commission on Civil Rights (Word Document)
   
   
7. June 3
   Teleconference to determine Fall schedule. Everyone is invited.