An all-star panel on the region’s child welfare issues talks about the multitude of programs and initiatives – including the Second Judicial Circuit’s “Baby Court,” the proposed Leon Children’s Council and the upcoming Community Children’s Summit on May 10. On hand for the discussion: Second Judicial Circuit Chief Judge Jonathan Sjostrom; Mimi Graham, director of Florida State University’s Center for Prevention and Early Intervention Policy; Ninth Florida House District Representative Lorrane Ausley (D-Tallahassee); Whole Child Leon Executive Director Courtney Atkins; Jamie Van Pelt, president of ESP Media and Summit co-chair along with Atkins; Early Learning Coalition of the Big Bend Community Relations Manager Morgan Evers; and Monique Ellsworth, member of the proposed Children’s Council planning committee.
Perspectives: It’s All For The Kids
