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Torn Apart: How the Abolition Movement Destroys Foster Youth – And How Listening To Us Can Build A Safer World

Child Welfare Monitor

in Administration of Justice from Pierce College, a B.A. It’s much easier to ignore the issues of child abuse and child deaths, to avoid engagement with survivors, and to see only the adult perpetrators as victims, than to recognize the reality of child abuse and neglect. Patty turned 18 years old in jail. She now has an A.A.

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ENGAGE 2024 Small Grant Recipients Announced

Michigan Social Work

In 2018, ENGAGE launched the Small Grants Program to encourage faculty to build partnerships with Detroit community-based organizations and to support resident-led efforts to strengthen Detroit neighborhoods. ENGAGE partners with the School of Public Health’s Detroit Urban Research Center in the administration of the small grants program.

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2023 ENGAGE Small Grant Recipients Announced

Michigan Social Work

In 2018, ENGAGE launched the Small Grants Program to encourage faculty to build partnerships with Detroit community-based organizations and to support resident-led efforts to strengthen Detroit neighborhoods. ENGAGE partners with the Ford School’s Detroit Urban Research Center in the administration of the small grants program.

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Agency social work rules to be ‘strengthened’ and extended to other staff

Community Care

Putting agency rules into law The Labour administration said it wanted “to legislate to allow us to go further than statutory guidance in regulating the use of agency” and reduce the number of locums in children’s services from a record 7,200 in September 2023. .” What are the agency social work rules?

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The $20 million boondoggle that perfectly illustrates the banality of child welfare thinking

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

But it’s hard to imagine anything that more perfectly captures the banality of child welfare thinking than this waste of $20 million: Five organizations will spend this federal grant money to create a “Quality Improvement Center on Engaging Youth in Finding Permanency.” And what will these groups do with the $20 million?

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“[It] feels like a jail cell has dropped around my family”

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Among the many reasons not to engage in this pernicious practice: It discourages domestic violence victims from seeking help, and it actually compounds the trauma of removal for the children. Taking children on these grounds is illegal in New York because of a class-action lawsuit, Nicholson v. So now there’s another lawsuit.

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School Safety: How Social Workers Can be Helpful and Stay Mentally Strong

Social Work Blog

Simply put, school social workers and other school administrators are constantly trying to identify aggression that may lead to violence. Group therapy is another way for students to engage with other peers to connect on an emotional level. Keeping this in mind, we should heed our own advice: reflect, process, and engage in dialogue.

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