Help Shape the Future of Community-Based Care – Your Voice Matters!

The Texas Institute for Child and Family Wellbeing (UT-Austin), in collaboration with UT Arlington and UT San Antonio, is hosting virtual focus groups between April and June 2025 to gather feedback on Community-Based Care (CBC) in Regions 1, 2, 3W, and 8B. This is a critical opportunity for those directly involved in or impacted by CBC to share their experiences — especially legal professionals and judges, whose insights are essential to understanding what’s working and what’s not. Focus groups will last approximately 1.5 hours and participants will receive a $25 e-gift card that may be redeemed for a variety of stores (e.g., Amazon, Walmart, Visa gift card).

Please share this opportunity with your networks and encourage outreach to judges and AALs. Many judges have expressed concerns about CBC, and this is a key chance for them to be heard.

Who can participate?

Stakeholders including case management supervisors, legal professionals (attorneys and judges), community providers, caregivers, and young adults with foster care experience in the last 5 years.

How can I sign up?

1.      Complete the CBC Focus Group Interest Form

2.      We’ll select the dates that work for most participants

3.      If your date is chosen, you’ll get an email with a registration form and a Zoom link

For more information or questions, please email Dr. Erika Grajeda at erika.grajeda@austin.utexas.edu.  

Let’s make sure every voice—including the judiciary—is heard!