Well-meaning people often use the terms “equity” and “equality” interchangeably when discussing matters related to race and social justice. While both terms have to do with “fairness,” there are key differences as the application of one over the other may lead to drastically different outcomes. … Read More
Racial Equity
Using Your Disaster Plan to Advance Equity in Disaster Response
Emergencies and natural disasters disproportionately impact people of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds. The Children’s Bureau recently published a letter urging child welfare agencies to become leaders in planning for disaster equity. This means providing easily accessible and culturally responsive community-specific services … Read More
Webinar Provides Strategies for Reaching and Engaging Families of Color
An on-demand webinar, “Racial Equity in Targeted Recruitment and Support: Strategies for Reaching and Engaging Families of Color,” from AdoptUSKids explores the question, “How does our pool of families relate to racial equity?” It suggests that part of addressing racial equity is … Read More
Creating Policies to Better Serve Diverse AANHPI Populations
While Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) populations are, collectively, the fastest-growing racial group in the United States, these groups have rich and distinctive experiences and their unique challenges are not adequately supported by current policies; this lack of support is especially … Read More
Racial Equity Tip Sheets
Tip Sheet- American Indian & Alaska Native Grandfamilies: Helping Children Thrive Through Connection to Family and Cultural Identity About 2.5 million children in the United States live in grandfamilies or kinship families, which are families in which children are being … Read More
The Racial Justice Organization Assessment Tools for Court
Final Report – February 2023 Executive Summary In July of 2020, the Conference of Chief Justices (CCJ) and the Conference of State Court Administrators (COSCA) resolved to “intensify efforts to combat racial prejudice within the justice system, both explicit and … Read More
Mental Health Emergency Response
Introduction It is estimated that 7% to 10%1 of all police encounters involve a person who has mental illness. Most of these encounters do not involve any violence, and some don’t involve a crime at all. People with mental illness … Read More
New Racial Equity Tip Sheets – Connecting Family and Culture
With support from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, Generations United is pleased to share a new series of tip sheets to accompany our racial equity toolkits. These tools are designed to help professionals serving grandfamilies to provide culturally appropriate services.
Speaking of Change: How Can Kinship Care Advance Racial Equity in Child Welfare?
Amara’s Kinship Program has a second installment in its Speaking of Change webinar series. This webinar, “Speaking of Change: How Can Kinship Care Advance Racial Equity in Child Welfare,” seeks to break down common assumptions and misconceptions about foster care and adoption by sharing … Read More
Racial Equity Toolkits Featuring Grandfamilies
Three distinct toolkits available: American Indian & Alaska Native Grandfamilies: Helping Children Thrive Through Connection to Family and Cultural Identity Both inside and outside the foster care system, American Indian and Alaska Native children are more likely to live in … Read More