Child Welfare Symposium and Impact Reporting Fund

“The Center for Health Journalism’s Child Welfare Symposium and Impact Reporting Fund supports ambitious investigative or explanatory projects on the child welfare and foster care systems, as well as the social and economic policies and conditions that can strengthen or weaken families and communities. We encourage trauma-informed reporting, with an eye toward exploring prevention strategies that can address systemic inequities. We also welcome explorations or profiles of initiatives that help keep families together.

“Journalists who attend the virtual symposium are eligible to apply for our Impact Reporting Fund on Child Welfare, which provides reporting stipends of $2,000 to $10,000 and five months of one-on-one mentoring as reporters work on journalism projects for their outlets in partnership with the Center.

“Grantees receive:

• Reporting grants of $2,000-$10,000

• Five months of professional mentorship from a veteran journalist

• Monthly virtual cohort meetings”