CHILD WELFARE Community ADVOCACY Cohort
What is the Child Welfare Community Advocacy Cohort?
The cohort is a 9-month advocacy training program made up of impacted community members who meet at least once a month to participate in advocacy trainings and actions. Cohort members are Nebraska community members who have direct experience with the child welfare or juvenile justice systems, personally or professionally and are passionate about making positive changes in our state. Our goal is to engage and prepare impacted community members to be long-term advocates. This inaugural cohort has six available openings, and participants will be compensated for their time learning advocacy skills.
Through this experience, cohort members learn
- How to effectively tell their stories
- What policy opportunities exist to improve the Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice systems
- Tactics to reduce stigma around these systems and
- Ways to leverage their voices to make real change for youth and families