Addressing disproportionality through undoing racism, leadership development, and community engagement.
In 2005 the Texas 79th legislature passed Senate Bill 6, which included mandates to address disproportionality. This article will describe how the Texas Department of Family Protective Services in collaboration with Casey Family Programs' Texas State Strategy systems improvement initiative is addressing disproportionality statewide through promising practices and innovations in undoing racism trainings, values-based leadership development, and community engagement strategies.
James
Joyce
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Texas Department of Family Protective Services, Austin, Texas, USA.
Green
Deborah
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Rodriguez
Carolyne
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Fong
Rowena
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