Show notes
How can child welfare programs advance racial equity through evaluation? This podcast follows Grace Atukpawu-Tipton, Ph.D., M.S.W., senior research associate and director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at James Bell Associates, as she talks with experts in racial and ethnic equity, disparity, and disproportionality in child welfare and other human service systems. Join them as they explore approaches and methods to apply an equity framework in the evaluation of child welfare programs and practices. In this fourth episode, Dr. Atukpawu-Tipton talks with Jessica Pryce, Ph.D., assistant professor and director of the Florida Institute for Child Welfare at Florida State University. Dr. Pryce draws on her experience with child welfare research in highlighting family resiliency, focusing on equity to address gaps in service access and delivery, increasing diversity in research teams, and involving individuals and communities with lived experience in child welfare in the co-creation of research and evaluation. This podcast is especially relevant for Children’s Bureau child welfare discretionary grantees in planning and implementing evaluations of their funded projects. It is produced and distributed by James Bell Associates on behalf of the Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, under contract number HHSP233201500133I.



