Addiction Foster Care Government 
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
MARCH 13, 2025
to control her addiction. In fact, the control the government demands can predate conception. A New York City mother, known in court papers as Ms. used drugs during her pregnancy. gave birth, the newborn tested positive for methadone which had been prescribed to Ms. The agency didnt stop there.
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. There is, in fact, a place for government in assisting with children’s wellbeing.
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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
JUNE 8, 2022
A committee of the Texas legislature heard from former foster youth , including a 14-year-old who had been taken away because of her mother’s drug use – even though, when she relapsed, her mother already had placed the youth and her siblings in the safe home of a friend. "I Her experience in foster care was far worse. ?
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
JUNE 16, 2022
Just last year Report for America fellows wrote more than 10,000 words about foster care in West Virginia, which tears apart families at one of the highest rates in America. But until very recently, with rare exceptions, the response in American newsrooms has ranged from indifference to hostility. She’s right.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
JANUARY 2, 2023
The study makes no reference to high scores meaning the subject’s parents are “Addicts, Alcoholics, Mentally Ill, Violent, Criminal, Deadbeats.” Because that’s what the adverse childhood experience of a child abuse investigation is really all about (except, of course, the toxic environment would be foster care, not a carcinogen factory).
Community Care
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Sector bodies have heavily criticised the government’s provision of one-fifth of the resources called for by the care review to reform social care in its response today. ” Children in care and young care leavers’ charity Become also responded similarly. Today’s announcement does not provide that.”
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.
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