Addiction Advocacy Foster Care 
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
DECEMBER 1, 2022
In The Hill, Dr. Ruchi Fitzgerald, a member of the American Society of Addiction Medicine’s Legislative Advocacy Committee, explains the enormous harm done by the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to children of mothers with substance use disorder – by driving those mothers away from help. ?
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
MAY 27, 2022
She is the state’s “Child Advocate,” and before that ran a prestigious private agency specializing in adoption and foster care. million – and the state would save more than that in reducing needless investigations and foster care. Maria Mossaides is a woman of enormous power and privilege. What can we conclude from this?
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Social Work Haven
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
Counsellor : They provide counselling and emotional support to individuals and families facing a wide range of challenges, including mental health issues, addiction, and crisis situations. Case Manager : Social workers coordinate services and resources for their clients, ensuring they receive comprehensive care and support.
University of Connecticut
MAY 8, 2023
I grew up with two parents struggling with addiction but refused to let it define me, and I want to help other children beat the odds as well. My passion is to advocate for underserved and monolingual Latinx populations, undocumented individuals, and children involved in the mental health or foster care system.
KVC
APRIL 10, 2023
National Child Abuse Prevention Month brings a heightened awareness of child abuse during April, but children need our advocacy year-round. Learning the signs of a child in a potentially dangerous position can go far in the advocacy and prevention of abuse. Advocacy can take place every day through small gestures.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
OCTOBER 7, 2021
In other cases, the Post reported, “children’s advocacy centers have tried to reach children in new ways, slipping messages into supply bags or into homework lessons.” This is all coming due to us at some point,” said the head of a trade association for “Children’s Advocacy Centers. Later in 2020 came phase two of the messaging.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
DECEMBER 27, 2023
Fong asks in a commentary for the Hartford Courant if the head of the state’s family police agency will make sure there’s no foster-care panic. She writes: DCF has expressed a commitment to keeping families together, and has worked, impressively, to decrease foster care caseloads and refer families to community supports.
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