This brief summarizes the response and value of the Developmental Understanding and Legal Collaboration for Everyone (DULCE) approach during the first four months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the essential elements of the model that support its strength, and lessons learned.
Publications & Resources
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Hope in the Time of Chaos: CHOC Children’s Strengthened Response to COVID-19 through DULCE
October 2020
This brief demonstrates the power of DULCE in addressing the critical concrete needs of families with newborns during the pandemic. The five original DULCE sites are EC-LINC communities.
Moving Beyond the Family Engagement Check Box: An Innovative Partnership to Promote Authentic Family Engagement in Systems Change
October 2020
This case study examines the partnership that the Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP) and Family Voices undertook to create and implement a process for engaging families in the Pediatrics Supporting Parents (PSP) national initiative to promote the social and emotional development (SED) of young children.
(25 pp)
upENDing the Child Welfare System: the Road to Abolition Day 2
October 2020
The inaugural convening of the newly launched upEND Movement took place over two days and featured organizers, activists, scholars, and community leaders discussing abolition theory and innovative ways to create a society in which the forcible separation of children from their families is no longer an acceptable solution for families in need.
upENDing the Child Welfare System: the Road to Abolition Day 1
October 2020
The inaugural convening of the newly launched upEND Movement took place over two days and featured organizers, activists, scholars, and community leaders discussing abolition theory and innovative ways to create a society in which the forcible separation of children from their families is no longer an acceptable solution for families in need.
Youth Thrive: Voices from the Network
October 2020
In this seven minute video, we hear from several people who have worked closely with or been influenced by the Youth Thrive framework.
Youth Thrive: Our Story (So Far)
October 2020
This report describes efforts through 2019 by CSSP’s Youth Thrive initiative to increase opportunities so that all youth have the chance to thrive.
(25 pp)
My Baby, My Doctor & Me: Hearing from Parents about Foundational Relationships and the Role of the Health Care System in Promoting Early Relational Health
October 2020
This exploratory study focused specifically on exploring parent perspectives on foundational early relationships, and the potential for the family and child health care system to play a supportive role, by working with three groups of families: (1) African American mothers living in inner Northeast Portland; (2) Spanish-speaking Latinx mothers living in rural Oregon; and (3) White mothers living in an isolated rural community in Southern Oregon.
(9 pp)
My Baby, My Doctor & Me: Key Findings from a Focus Group with Mothers Living in a Small, Rural Community
October 2020
This research brief summarizes findings from the focus group held with White mothers living in an isolated rural community in Southern Oregon. These findings are part of an exploratory study titled "My Baby, My Doctor & Me: Hearing from Parents about Foundational Relationships and the Role of the Health Care System in promoting Early Relational Health."
(12 pp)
My Baby, My Doctor & Me: Key Findings from a Focus Group with Latinx Mothers Across Oregon
October 2020
This research brief summarizes findings from a focus group held in July 2020 with 11 Latina mothers to discuss their experiences as mothers of young babies and their relationships with medical providers. These findings are part of an exploratory study titled "My Baby, My Doctor & Me: Hearing from Parents about Foundational Relationships and the Role of the Health Care System in promoting Early Relational Health."
Find the Spanish version of this research brief here.
(13 pp)