Jessica Pryce: To transform child welfare, take race out of the equation
Jessica Pryce: Hvis barnevernet skal reformeres, må hudfargeaspektet ut.
Jessica Pryce creates strategies to reduce the impact of racial bias in child protective services. Full bio
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barnevernkonsulent
a Child Protective Services worker.
to a report of child abuse.
en bekymringsmelding.
unexpected, certainly uninvited.
og i hvert fall ikke invitert.
in the middle of the room, on the floor.
midt i rommet, på gulvet.
with a couple of ashtrays,
med noen askebegere
the kids lie asleep.
through the entire home.
å gå gjennom hele huset.
where there's very little food.
hvor det er veldig lite mat.
in the bedroom, on the floor,
på soverommet, på gulvet,
with her infant child.
med spedbarnet sitt.
two things may happen.
er typisk én av to ting.
and removed from the home,
blir tatt ut av hjemmet sitt
for a specified period of time.
for en gitt periode.
provides help and support.
fra barnevernet.
Protective Services worker,
barnevernskonsulent
hele tiden.
noen mye verre.
yourself in that home,
det var du som var der
your opinion of that family?
ditt inntrykk av denne familien?
did you think the family was?
tror du denne familien hadde?
that if those children were white,
at hvis disse barna var hvite,
stays together after that visit.
familien forblir intakt.
the University of Pennsylvania
have access to more help and more support
får mer hjelp og oppfølging
to go through a full investigation.
at de blir gjenstand for undersøkelse.
if those kids are black,
more likely to be removed,
for at de blir hentet ut,
of time in foster care,
under barnevernets omsorg
a stable foster placement.
å finne stabile fosterhjem til dem.
an immediate shelter of protection
en umiddelbar beskyttelse
and traumatic exit from the family.
og traumatisk oppbrudd fra familien.
the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
who went through foster care
som har vært i fosterhjem
and internalized issues
og psykiske plager
while receiving help and support.
og mottar hjelp og oppfølging.
is not uncommon.
er ikke uvanlig.
living in low-income housing
som bor i en kommunal bolig
almost impossible to keep food,
å oppbevare mat,
to have her children taken from her?
å bli fratatt barna?
a family court attorney,
en advokat i familiesaker,
in a poor neighborhood,
lever i et fattig nabolag
often unreachable standards
og uoppnåelige forventninger
with very little money.
med lite penger
og deres etnisitet
their kids are removed.
barna deres blir fjernet.
on the front lines of child welfare,
barnevernets førstelinjetjeneste
skjebnesvangre avgjørelser.
how my personal values impacted my work.
påvirket arbeidet mitt.
at Florida State University,
ved Florida State University,
and effective child welfare research.
innovativ og effektivt barnevern.
twice as many black kids in foster care,
svarte barn i fosterhjem:
population, 14 percent.
several reasons why,
mange grunner til dette,
something you're not aware of.
noe du ikke er klar over.
about certain groups of people.
om enkelte grupper
in the background
lurer i bakgrunnen
gjøre med det?
that I want to share.
som jeg vil dele med dere.
going into foster care.
i fosterhjem.
the number of black kids being removed.
svarte unger som blir flyttet.
into that community with my team
med teamet mitt
of blind removal meetings.
omsorgsoverdragelser".
to a report of child abuse.
en bekymringsmelding.
must come back to the office
tilbake på kontoret
neighborhood, race,
boligstrøk, hudfarge,
family strength, relevant history
familiens styrker, relevant bakgrunn
to protect the child.
til å beskytte barnet.
the committee makes a recommendation,
utarbeider komitéen en anbefaling
hudfarge.
a drastic impact in that community.
har hatt stor betydning i dette området.
going into foster care were black.
de omplasserte barna svarte.
that is down to 21 percent.
er tallet nede på 21%.
from talking to some of the case workers.
da vi snakket med konsulentene:
with the department,
en forhistorie med etaten,
to do things differently."
å endre seg"
apartment building,
boligblokk,
because it's an emotional field.
fordi det er et følelsesladet tema.
emotions around this work.
rundt dette.
all of your stuff at the door
å være uhildet
of race and neighborhood out of it,
om hudfarge og bydel
kan bli anderledes"
bringing us closer
å bringe oss nærmere
in foster-care decisions.
med implisitt bias.
blir å finne ut
and machine learning
og maskinlæring
to other states.
for andre.
måten barnevernet arbeider.
de lokale enhetene ansvarlige
of their employees.
are driven by ethics and safety.
som er tuftet på etikk og trygghet.
that focuses on partnering with parents,
som er opptatt av å jobbe med foreldrene,
et tegn på mislykkethet.
instead of pulling them apart.
istedenfor å rive dem fra hverandre.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jessica Pryce - Child advocate, social scientistJessica Pryce creates strategies to reduce the impact of racial bias in child protective services.
Why you should listen
Jessica Pryce curates child welfare research that focuses on answering legislative questions and informing social policy. She has conducted research at the state and national level while publishing and presenting her work nationally and internationally. Her research has focused on the training and education of the workforce, racial disparity in child welfare decisions, and the disproportionality in our country's foster care system. Pryce is executive director of a research center at Florida State University
After earning her PhD at Howard University and working in New York state for two years, Pryce was appointed in 2016 the new Executive Director of the Florida Institute for Child Welfare, where she mobilizes social scientists devoted to improving the intractable issues that have negatively impacted the lives of vulnerable children and their families. She is currently engaged in a multi-year project focused on illuminating the experiences of black parents as they matriculate through child protective services. That same year, Pryce published an article illuminating strategies for the promotion of racial equity in a community on Long Island, NY.
In 2018, she was selected as a TED Resident. During the residency, she worked to disseminate strategies to child welfare agencies with the goal of their adopting Blind Removals, a racial equity strategy in child protection. Understanding the negative impact of removing children from their parents unnecessarily, Pryce has also written on the lingering, historical trauma of sanctioned family separations in the US.
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