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This webinar talks about the parent and peer partner- how they navigate the child welfare system and their experiences in navigating families in the mental health systems, juvenile justice systems, homelessness, etc. The webinar gives an insight on their role as parent partners and youth advocates to support youth and families and provide them permanency in various ways. It also talks about the Family and Youth Partnership program: provides kinship support, wraparound family partners, caregivers.
Presenters
Cheryl Barrett is a full-time lead parent partner in Contra Costa county. She serves as a mentor, a parent leader, and a trainer. She oversees the east county family engagement team. As a parent partner, she represents the parents’ voice on committees, workshops, and panels. She has helped train staff, community partners and parents and mentors families who are currently involved in the child welfare system. She sits on the California parent partner advisory committee as well as the California child and family service citizen panel. She volunteers for various community and faith-based organizations. She herself has successfully navigated the child welfare system and reunified with her four youngest children. She is a mother of eight children and a grandmother to many.
Ebony Chambers has been providing services to youth and family services for over 18 years. She brings both professional and personal life experience to her work. As a mother who has worked through and navigated multiple systems with her own child, she provides the oversight of advocacy and support to families in the northern California region. She serves as the chief officer of family and youth partnership at Stanford Sierra youth and families. She is a national speaker with the national bridges initiative supporting the transition of residential services and promoting family driven care. She serves as the co-chair of the UC Davis Parent Partner Advisory committee and co-chairs the mental health act steering committee and other community initiatives.