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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
JANUARY 29, 2023
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.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
OCTOBER 20, 2021
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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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
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.
All For Kids
FEBRUARY 17, 2024
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.
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.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
DECEMBER 30, 2024
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.
Child Welfare Monitor
JANUARY 13, 2025
On August 24, 2024, the Washington Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) proudly announced in a press statement that it had reduced the number of children in out-of-home care by nearly half since 2018. Specifically, the number of children in foster care had fallen from 9,171 in 2018 to 4,971 as of August 14, 2024.
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