NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 26, 2024

This process, known as kinship foster care, is usually the least harmful form of foster care. But it’s still foster care. Let me repeat that: Kinship care is foster care. Kinship care is foster care. Kinship care is foster care. Easier than what?

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2021

But whatever the reason, after years of marching in lockstep with the Miami Herald – ignoring wrongful removal and sometimes fomenting foster-care panic -- the Tampa Bay Times has discovered that maybe all those children don’t need to be in foster care after all!

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Here are 10 roles of social workers, but this list is by no means exhaustive: Advocate : Social workers often act as advocates for their clients, working to ensure their rights and needs are met within various systems and institutions. TRENDING CONTENT ON SOCIAL WORK HAVEN What is the main role of a social worker?

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University of Connecticut

MAY 8, 2023

I chose this because I genuinely needed a dedicated social worker growing up. 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. The system overlooked me and failed me. What do I love most about UConn?

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Whenever anyone in state government was asked about the problems in the state’s “child welfare” system they’d give the same stock answer: As soon as the new Department of Social Services was up and running, and took over jobs then done by the Department of Public Welfare, everything would be fine! Katz did something simple.

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All For Kids

MARCH 12, 2025

Bush addressed this issue, stating: Over the past four decades, fatherlessness has emerged as one of our greatest social problems. They are more likely to end up in poverty or drop out of school, become addicted to drugs, have a child out of wedlock, or end up in prison. Mitigating Risks What can be done to tackle these concerns?

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University of Connecticut

MARCH 28, 2022

This scholarship was established in memory of Mary Deane-Scalora, MSW, by her family to provide financial assistance to a master’s level student with demonstrated interest in working with or for the advancement of the poor in a social services agency or educational institution. Peter Petrella Fellowship for the School of Social Work.

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