Regional Community Forum on New Federal Child Welfare Law

The Department for Community Based Services will hold nine regional forums this summer to give the public, providers, and other partners an overview of how a new federal law will help keep at-risk families together and prevent youth from entering the foster care system. The Family First Prevention Services Act, signed into law in 2018, implements widespread child welfare reform specifically focuses on safely keeping families together, encouraging kinship or family foster home placement when children have to be removed from parents. A forum for the Eastern Mountain Service Region, covering Floyd, Pike, Johnson, and surrounding counties, will be held June 10, 2019 at the Jenny Wiley Convention Center. Registration is required. Registration Link: https://familyfirsteasternmountain.eventbrite.com