A7 - South Los Angeles Child Welfare Initiative Support Group Program

Using a Peer Education and Support Network modeled after the National Alliance for Mental Illness’ Peer to Peer and Family to Family models, South West Los Angeles Child Welfare Initiative’s Kinship Project offers Caregiver Peer Support Groups and resources that inform caregivers of their choices, which allows them to have a meaningful role in the systems that impact the lives of their families and the children in their care, and that improve their ability to access services for their children. Presenters will share the Kinship Project model for peer-facilitated groups, how they’ve worked with and trained the Caregiver Facilitators, and the caregivers’ experience as facilitators.

Presenter(s): Joseph Devall, Community Coalition, Los Angeles, CA and Frances Crawford, Kinship Specialist, Los Angeles, CA