Black Child Development Institute

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Black Child Development Institute
Seattle Affiliate Initiatives P.
O. Box 22483, 206-860-4048,
website
www.bcdi-seattle.org
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Black Child Development Institute Seattle
Affiliate P. O. Box 22483, 206-860-4048,
website
www.bcdi-seattle.org

• CHILD WELFARE COMMITTEE
• Prevention of Out-of-Home Placement
• Chair Germaine Covington (germainecovington_at_msn.c
  om)
• A partnership between the King County Coalition
  on Racial Disproportionality and the DSHS
  Childrens Administration Region 2 Martin Luther
  King, Jr. Office
• Purpose to reduce the number of children in the
  98118 zip code from entering foster care.
• Initiative efforts (a) to facilitate community
  engagement and education about what puts
  families at risk of coming into the foster care
  system and what resources are available to
  support families and prevent out-of-home
  placement and (b) to support foster parent and
  adoptive parent recruitment.

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Advocating for Educational
Success
Black Child Development Institute Seattle
Affiliate P. O. Box 22483, 206-860-4048,
website
www.bcdi-seattle.org

• EDUCATION COMMITTEE
• Advocating for Academic Success
• Chair Dr. Debra Sullivan (DRSullivan_at_Praxis-ECE.o
  rg)
• Post Card Project (facts about educational
  outcomes mailed monthly to School Board Members
  system officials)
• Parent Empowerment Project Presentations
  (BCDI-Seattle Annual May Conference Periodic
  Praxis Institute for Early Childhood Education
  Symposiums)
• Entering the College Zone Planning for
  Implementation in 2012

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ALIVE AND FREEYouth Violence PreventionNeighborh
ood by Neighborhood
P. O. Box 22483, 206-860-4048,
website
www.bcdi-seattle.org
BCDI VISION Neighborhoods where children
youth are no longer anonymous, where neighbors
are watching out for the children and helping
them to make good choices in a spirit of Umoja
(Unity and Community). This initiative is based
on the principles of
Bay Area, Dr.
Joseph Marshalls Alive Free youth violence
prevention philosophy. To Get Involved, Join a
Neighborhood Team TODAY, Contact 98122 and
98144 Dr. Wanda Hackett (whecare_at_aol.com/206-328-
4452) 98118 (James Staples (stajam51_at_hotmail.com)
98178 Garry Owens (garrygo_at_mac.com)