Michelle Graef in UNL’s Center for Children, Families and Law. She will lead a major new Quality Improvement Center for Workforce Development, a multidisciplinary national project to study and test effective strategies for improving workforce retention and development at the nation’s child welfare agencies. She is shown with her team of, from left, Mark Ells, Kate Stephenson, Megan Paul, and Stephanie Weddington. November 2, 2016. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communications
Improving child welfare workforce
Helping public child welfare staff better cope with job stress is the aim of a $15 million research effort led by Nebraska’s Center on Children, Families and the Law. For child welfare agencies, high staff turnover is a major challenge that affects the vulnerable populations they serve. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families-Children’s Bureau funds the project. Watch the video.
