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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending June 7, 2022

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

I know my mom struggled with addiction, but I was always in a clean home with clean clothes," she said. "I These are precisely the kinds of young people the Massachusetts “Child Advocate” is trying to silence. In an interview with Salon about her new book, Torn Apart , Prof. Her experience in foster care was far worse. ?

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“Maybe we're just too damn intrusive": Tracing the take-the-child-and-run mentality that has endangered Massachusetts children for more than a century

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

This post is adapted from a virtual presentation I gave last month to the Racial Justice Task Force of the Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Services, Child and Family Law Division. Today the Department of Public Welfare is the Department of Transitional Assistance. Now let’s flash forward to 1989.

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What are the 10 Roles of Social Workers

Social Work Haven

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. This may include personal interviews, family histories, and the review of relevant documents.

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NASW Media News Hits – December 2021

Social Workers Speak

NASW New Jersey Chapter Executive Director Jennifer Thompson wrote a column for NJ.com on why syringe programs are so useful in addressing addiction and save lives. NASW Texas Government Relations Director Alison Mohr Boleware said there are not enough school social workers to meet the need.

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When the journalism of child welfare fails, part one: The Boston Globe’s flying donkey

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

The mother had an addiction to pills that turned into a heroin habit (A condition somewhat similar to that certain other Ford who, instead of being turned in, was treated by media as a hero – but I digress.) Ford when her first child was born. Oddly, for a story discussing racial bias, they chose a white mother.) That happened to Ms.

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NCCPR family preservation news and commentary round-up for the year 2023, Part Two

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

The timing can leave parents reeling and unable to contact government offices with questions or objections: If ACS conducts a removal on a Friday night, for example, a judge will not review it until Monday. And here’s part two , which explains why “permanency” is to child welfare as “creme" is to food: a fake substitute. ●