Leadership as Advocacy: The Impact of a Title IV-E Supported MSW Education on a Public Child Welfare Agency

Lessons Learned From the Title IV-E Roundtable and Implications for Future Practice, Policy, and Research on Partnerships With the Children's Bureau and State Agencies

“…While there is a wealth of literature about the general field of child welfare policy and practice (e.g., Downs et al, 2008;Mather, Lager, & Harris, 2006), training (e.g., Barbee et al, 2009;Rosenthal & Waters, 2006;Turcotte, Lamonde, & Beaudoin, 2009), worker characteristics (e.g., Barth et al, 2008), staff issues (e.g., Mathias & Benton, 2011;McGuire et al, 2011), turnover (Strolin, McCarthy, & Caringi, 2007), and retention issues (e.g., Cahalane & Sites, 2008;Collins-Camargo et al, 2009;Lee, Forster, & Rehner, 2011;O'Donnel & Kirkner, 2009), the literature is scant about why some Title IV-E partnerships work well and other Title IV-E partnerships seem to falter.…”

Child welfare supervisors empowered through MSW education: graduates of a statewide title IV-E MSW program for public child welfare supervisors describe their learning

“…96-272) enabled social work educational programs (BSW and MSW) to partner with child welfare organizations to recruit social work students and provide them with financial support and educational preparation for the work. Since then, a large body of research has documented the value of such partnerships, known as Title IV-E programs, between child welfare agencies and institutions of higher learning (Bagdasaryan, 2012;Leung & Willis, 2012;McGuire, Howes, Murphy-Nugen, & George, 2011;National Association of Social Workers, 2004;O'Donnell & Kirkner, 2009;Piescher, LaLiberte, & Lee, 2018;Robin & Hollister, 2008;Slater, O'Neill, McGuire, & Dickerson, 2018;U. S. General Accounting Office, 2003;Zlotnik & Pryce, 2013).…”