title: Addressing disproportionality through undoing racism, leadership development, and community engagement.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Texas Department of Family Protective Services, Austin, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Joyce
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: James
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: Carolyne
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.forename: Rowena
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fong
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004493:Education / Q000458:organization & administration; D005581:Foster Home Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007484:Iowa; D007857:Leadership; D011287:Prejudice; D018570:Risk Assessment; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data