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Alaska Native and Black children are significantly overrepresented in our state’s foster care system. A recent study found they make up 65% of those in foster homes. We’ll speak to the researchers investigating these disparities about the history behind them and their ideas for reform and solutions moving forward.
Listen:
HOST: Lori Townsend
GUESTS:
Jessica Saniġaq Ullrich, study co-author & assistant professor, University of Alaska Anchorage
Yvonne Chase, study co-author & associate professor, University of Alaska Anchorage
LINKS & RESOURCES:
“A Connectedness Framework: Breaking the Cycle of Child Removal for Black and Indigenous Children”
PARTICIPATE:
Call 907-550-8422 (Anchorage) or 1-800-478-8255 (statewide) during the live broadcast.
Send an email to [email protected] (Comments may be read on air).
Post your comment during or after the live broadcast on social media (Comments may be read on air).
LIVE Broadcast: Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at 10 a.m. on APRN stations statewide.
LIVE Web stream: Click here to stream.
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Alaska Native and Black children are significantly overrepresented in our state’s foster care system. A recent study found they make up 65% of those in foster homes. We’ll speak to the researchers investigating these disparities about the history behind them and their ideas for reform and solutions moving forward.
Listen:
HOST: Lori Townsend
GUESTS:
Jessica Saniġaq Ullrich, study co-author & assistant professor, University of Alaska Anchorage
Yvonne Chase, study co-author & associate professor, University of Alaska Anchorage
LINKS & RESOURCES:
“A Connectedness Framework: Breaking the Cycle of Child Removal for Black and Indigenous Children”
PARTICIPATE:
Call 907-550-8422 (Anchorage) or 1-800-478-8255 (statewide) during the live broadcast.
Send an email to [email protected] (Comments may be read on air).
Post your comment during or after the live broadcast on social media (Comments may be read on air).
LIVE Broadcast: Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at 10 a.m. on APRN stations statewide.
LIVE Web stream: Click here to stream.

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