Jessica Pryce: To transform child welfare, take race out of the equation
Jessica Pryce: För att förändra barnavården, ta ras ur ekvationen
Jessica Pryce creates strategies to reduce the impact of racial bias in child protective services. Full bio
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a Child Protective Services worker.
att du är socialsekreterare.
to a report of child abuse.
om barnmisshandel.
unexpected, certainly uninvited.
oväntad, helt klart oinbjuden.
in the middle of the room, on the floor.
i mitten av rummet, på golvet.
with a couple of ashtrays,
med ett par askfat,
the kids lie asleep.
ligger och sover.
through the entire home.
är att gå igenom hela hemmet.
where there's very little food.
där det finns väldigt lite mat.
in the bedroom, on the floor,
i sovrummet, på golvet,
with her infant child.
two things may happen.
normalt två alternativ.
and removed from the home,
och flyttas från hemmet,
for a specified period of time.
under en specificerad tidsperiod.
provides help and support.
från socialtjänsten.
Protective Services worker,
ibland mycket sämre.
yourself in that home,
som kom till er.
your opinion of that family?
om den här familjen?
did you think the family was?
tror du att familjen har?
that if those children were white,
att om de här barnen var vita,
stays together after that visit.
förblir intakt efter det här besöket.
vid University of Pennsylvania
the University of Pennsylvania
have access to more help and more support
mer tillgång till hjälp och stöd
to go through a full investigation.
genomgå en hel utredning.
if those kids are black,
more likely to be removed,
att de omplaceras,
of time in foster care,
a stable foster placement.
ett stabilt familjehem åt dem.
an immediate shelter of protection
att vara ett omedelbart skydd
and traumatic exit from the family.
och traumatisk separation från familjen.
the University of Minnesota
vid University of Minnesota
who went through foster care
and internalized issues
och internaliserade problem
while receiving help and support.
och fått hjälp och stöd.
is not uncommon.
är inte ovanligt.
living in low-income housing
som bor i låginkomstboende
almost impossible to keep food,
nästan omöjligt att ha någon mat,
to have her children taken from her?
att få sina barn tagna ifrån sig?
a family court attorney,
in a poor neighborhood,
i ett fattigt område,
often unreachable standards
ofta ouppnåeliga förväntningar
with very little money.
sina barn med väldigt lite pengar.
their kids are removed.
kommer tas ifrån dem eller inte.
on the front lines of child welfare,
i socialtjänstens frontlinje
how my personal values impacted my work.
påverkade mitt jobb.
at Florida State University,
Universitys socialhögskola,
and effective child welfare research.
och effektiva forskningen inom barnavård.
twice as many black kids in foster care,
får familjehemsvård,
population, 14 percent.
several reasons why,
av anledningarna idag:
something you're not aware of.
about certain groups of people.
till en viss grupp människor.
in the background
that I want to share.
jag vill dela med mig av.
going into foster care.
som får familjehemsvård.
att Nassau Country,
the number of black kids being removed.
som tagits från sina familjer.
into that community with my team
och ledde en forskningsstudie,
of blind removal meetings.
av blinda omplaceringsmöten.
to a report of child abuse.
en anmälan om barnmisshandel.
must come back to the office
komma tillbaka till kontoret
neighborhood, race,
grannskap, ras,
family strength, relevant history
familjens styrkor,
to protect the child.
att skydda barnet.
the committee makes a recommendation,
utfärdar kommittén en rekommendation,
a drastic impact in that community.
en drastisk inverkan i det här området.
going into foster care were black.
familjehemsvård 2011 var svarta.
that is down to 21 percent.
är den siffran nere på 21 procent.
from talking to some of the case workers.
med några av handläggarna.
with the department,
med socialtjänsten,
historien mot dem,
to do things differently."
apartment building,
från ett visst flerbostadshus,
because it's an emotional field.
eftersom det är ett känslosamt ämne.
emotions around this work.
kring det här jobbet.
all of your stuff at the door
att lämna sina känslor vid dörren
of race and neighborhood out of it,
kring ras och område ur ekvationen,
bringing us closer
in foster-care decisions.
partiskhet vad gäller familjehemsbeslut.
underfund med
and machine learning
och maskininlärning kan användas
to other states.
för andra stater.
tar ansvar för att utveckla
of their employees.
are driven by ethics and safety.
av etik och säkerhet.
that focuses on partnering with parents,
att samarbeta med föräldrar,
som ett misslyckande.
för att bygga ett system
instead of pulling them apart.
istället för att splittra dem.
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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