Rep. Casimiro To Hold Forum On Child Welfare In North Kingstown

NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI — A North Kingstown forum on Monday will focus on the state's child welfare system and ways it can improve. State Rep. Julie Casimiro will host the discussion, along with the Office of the Child Advocate and Center for Advanced Practice at Adoption RI, at the North Kingstown Free Library at 6 p.m.

The forum will include a panel presentation where the public will have an opportunity to ask questions of the panelists. The panelists will include representatives from the Department of Children, Youth and Families, the Office of the Child Advocate, the Rhode Island Family Court, as well as advocates, parents.

The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Darlene Allen, CEO and Executive Director of Adoption RI at dallen@adoptionri.org or 401-865-6000 Ext. 301.