Broken
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Broken

Transforming Child Protective Services—Notes of a Former Caseworker

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Broken

Transforming Child Protective Services—Notes of a Former Caseworker

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"It's an invaluable insider account of a pressing social issue." - Publishers Weekly

Joining the ranks of Evicted and The New Jim Crow, a former caseworker's searing, clear-eyed investigation of the child welfare system—from foster care to incarceration—that exposes the deep-rooted biases shaping the system, witnessed through the lives of several Black families.

Dr. Jessica Pryce knows the child welfare system firsthand and, in this long overdue book, breaks it down from the inside out, sharing her professional journey and offering the crucial perspectives of caseworkers and Black women impacted by the system. It is a groundbreaking and eye-opening confrontation of the inherent and systemic racism deeply entrenched within the child welfare system.

Pryce started her social work career with an internship where she was committed to helping keep children safe. In the book, she walks alongside her close friends and even her family as they navigate the system, while sharing her own reckoning with the requirements of her job and her role in the systemic harm. Through poignant narratives and introspection, readers witness the harrowing effects of a well-intentioned workforce that has lost its way, demonstrating how separations are often not in a child's best interests.

With a renewed commitment to strengthening families in her role as activist, Pryce invites the child welfare workforce to embark on a journey of self-reflection and radical growth. At once a framework for transforming child protective services and an intimate, stunning first-hand account of the system as it currently operates, Broken takes everyday scenarios as its focus rather than extreme child welfare cases, challenging readers to critically examine their own mindsets and biases in order to reimagine how we help families in need.

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Publisher
Amistad
Year
2024
ISBN
9780063036215
Topic
Politics & International Relations
Subtopic
Social Policy
Index
Politics & International Relations

Table of contents

  1. Dedication
  2. Epigraph
  3. Contents
  4. Author’s Note
  5. Introduction: It Starts with Us
  6. Prologue: What I Know for Sure
  7. Chapter 1: Do Better
  8. Chapter 2: Evicted
  9. Chapter 3: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
  10. Chapter 4: Atlas of the Heart
  11. Chapter 5: All about Love
  12. Chapter 6: The New Jim Crow
  13. Chapter 7: No Way to Treat a Child
  14. Chapter 8: My Sister’s Keeper
  15. Chapter 9: The Color Purple
  16. Chapter 10: The Three Mothers
  17. Chapter 11: The Audacity of Hope
  18. Chapter 12: Twice as Hard
  19. Chapter 13: The Great Alone
  20. Chapter 14: The Will to Change
  21. Chapter 15: A Little Life
  22. Chapter 16: The Impossible Imperative
  23. Chapter 17: Torn Apart
  24. Chapter 18: White Fragility
  25. Chapter 19: The Fire Next Time
  26. Chapter 20: The Fire This Time
  27. Epilogue: What We Carry
  28. Conclusion: It Ends with Us
  29. Acknowledgments
  30. Resources: Developmental Framework for Child Welfare Professionals and Community Partners
  31. Resources: Case-Based Discussion Questions and Conversation Prompts
  32. Resources: Tools for Mandated Reporters
  33. Resources: Considerations Before Reporting to CPS
  34. Notes
  35. Index
  36. About the Author
  37. Copyright
  38. About the Publisher