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The “druggie mom” in my neighborhood

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Betty Ford was addicted to booze and pills, and had mental health problems. I wasn’t abusing them. Arizona authorities arrested Blodgett for drug possession, and the state’s family police agency threw his son into foster care. Unlike Blodgett, this addict got hooked on booze, too. "I I wasn’t getting high.

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How the journalism of child welfare fails

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Two online news sites published more than 10,000 words about foster care in West Virginia. Yet the equivalent happens, over and over and over, when the topic is foster care. Parents who lose their children to foster care, on the other hand, are overwhelmingly poor and disproportionately nonwhite.

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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

So in 2021, the most recent year for which data are available, when you compare entries into care to impoverished child population, Massachusetts tore apart families at a rate 60% above the national average. The snapshot number – the number of children trapped in foster care on any given day -- is even worse. She said no.

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Psychological Effects of Being Adopted on Child Development

All For Kids

Other Behavioral Issues Adopted children, whether from birth parents or the foster care system, may exhibit behavioral issues as they adjust to their new family dynamics.

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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. Case Manager : Social workers coordinate services and resources for their clients, ensuring they receive comprehensive care and support.

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NCCPR family preservation news and commentary round-up for the year 2024, part two

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Or the judge who wouldnt return the children because these children have lived in unstable living arrangements long enough dooming the children to be split from each other into separate foster homes, moved from placement to placement to the point that two of them had to spend a night in a family police agency office.

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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.) Even In those cases, again, 89% did not involve even an allegation of physical or sexual abuse. That happened to Ms.