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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending January 25, 2022

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Expand Medicaid: Less “neglect.” Unfortunately, the federal Administration for Children and Families hasn’t quite gotten the message. ● The Imprint has a good round-up of research documenting the confusion of poverty with neglect. Raise the minimum wage and you reduce what family policing agencies call “neglect.”

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As foster care removals plummet, where’s the promised help for families?

Child Welfare Monitor

The newest report from the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) showed that the number of children in foster care dropped to 368,530 on September in 2022–a drop of 5.8 percent over the previous year 15.6 percent since 2018. “We

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Innovations in Behavioral Healthcare: A Digital Path to Resilience

Relias

amount of telehealth adoption prior to the COVID-19 pandemic,?some Several factors drove these concerns, such as licensing, Medicare/Medicaid?reimbursement, Medicaid beneficiaries use telehealth services. SoonerCare Medicaid program. Whether your organization chooses to adopt an LMS, EHR, or any other?tool,

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Planning for Medicaid Unwinding in 2023

Social Work Blog

When the COVID-19 PHE ends, which is expected in 2023, state agencies will begin the “unwinding” of continuous Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) by going through the redetermination process for all enrollees. The Biden-Harris administration has committed to providing a 60-day notice to states before the PHE will expire.

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PART THREE OF FOUR: Reputation laundering in child welfare: “Social Current”

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

6, 2021 insurrection have prompted a lot of talk about “reputation laundering” as former Trump Administration officials try to distance themselves from the president they served so faithfully – the most notable example: former Attorney General William Barr. CAPTA isn’t the only part of Social Current’s agenda that belies Templeman’s rhetoric.

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

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Fong writes in The Imprint about why the so-called Adoption and Safe Families Act is “A Dangerous Tool in An Arbitrary System.” --And in this essay, she takes on the harm of mandatory reporting laws. Instead, the coach is going to court to adopt your child – because he now has every bit as much right to your child as you do.