Belarus Expresses Appreciation for Ohio's Generosity

(From right): Betsy Keefer, Sally Cooper, Governor Ted Strickland,  Irina Mironova, Marina Ananenko, Dr. Judith Rycus and Dr. Ron Hughes.

IHS recently welcomed Ms. Irina Mironova, Country Director of the Christian Children's Fund in Minsk, Belarus, and CCF-Belaurs' Program Director, Marina Ananenko, to Columbus. Ms. Mironova and Ms. Ananenko spent a week consulting with IHS staff to help them develop a comprehensive service system for maltreated and disabled children throughout Belarus, and to promote deinstitutionalization of many thousands of children housed in congregate care facilities. CCF-Belarus also plans to develop a national training center to prepare professionals from a variety of disciplines in the principles and practices of family-centered child protective services, and they met with representatives of the Ohio Child Welfare Training Program to gather information with which to replicate Ohio's training model.
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Child Welfare Training and System Development in Eastern Europe

As a result of the break-up of the former Soviet Union, hundreds of thousands of children and youth in Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, and other post-Soviet Nations are being cared for in large state-run institutions, or are homeless and living on the streets. IHS has been involved in helping to build professional and organizational capacity in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, and Kyrgyzstan to serve these children and youth since 2004.
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Field Guide to Child Welfare Online

Now, the entire text of the four volume "Field Guide to Child Welfare" is available in a searchable web-based format.
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