Thursday, March 15, 2018

NRC Training Director Lisa D’Aunno recently completed a 10-stop listening tour of Montana to assist the states’ Child and Family Services Division (CFSD) in their efforts to keep more children safely in their homes. During her time in “Big Sky Country”, D’Aunno engaged and collected feedback from stakeholders at public and private child welfare agencies. Tour stops included Billings, Helena, Bozeman, and Kalispell, MT, as well as others.

D’Aunno completed the listening tour as a consultant for the Children’s Bureau funded Capacity Building Center for States. The Center for States assists State and territorial public child welfare agencies and Title IV-E waiver demonstration jurisdictions build capacity to improve child welfare practices and achieve better outcomes for children, youth, and families. The NRC’s involvement with the Center for States provides an opportunity to carry on our work as leaders in the field of family-centered in-home services.

The NRC has also partnered with the state of Montana several times in the past several years including hosting Family Development Specialist and Life Skills Progression trainings within the state for child welfare workers and supervisors.