NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

APRIL 16, 2023

Only in a system as morally bankrupt as “child welfare” could it be considered acceptable to make children pay an allowance to their substitute parents. It’s also interesting to see where the money DHS steals from foster children is going: It’s used to pay their foster parents.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Last week, Virginia’s Director of Social Services, Danny Avula, gave a presentation to the state Commission on Youth. At worst, they are ignoring those regulations and the federal Administration for Children and Families chooses to look the other way.

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Shelter, Inc

APRIL 22, 2024

has achieved national accreditation through COA Accreditation, a service of Social Current. is a child welfare agency that works to end the cycle of child abuse and neglect through comprehensive and community-based services for children and families at risk and in need. Shelter, Inc. Shelter, Inc. Shelter, Inc.

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University of Connecticut

JUNE 1, 2022

Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services has been a core journal in social work research for over 100 years. Cristina Mogro-Wilson to serve as Editor-in-Chief of the Families in Society ( FIS ) journal, which was previously led by Dr. Sondra Fogel, who served as Editor-In-Chief for the past seven years.

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Beyond Advocacy

JULY 30, 2024

The Compton Foundation Centennial Professor of Social Work for the Prevention of Children and Youth Problems, she served on the faculty of the Columbia University School of Social Work —where she received her Ph.D.—from She was inducted into the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW) in 2010.

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University of Connecticut

JANUARY 27, 2022

Nancy earned an MSW from the University of Southern California, while working for the Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services, where she rose from a direct services worker to assistant program deputy and staff development administrator.

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KVC

MARCH 1, 2021

Bringing Innovation & Child Welfare Best Practices. Stephenson and KVC have been on the forefront of child welfare best practices including creating trauma-informed care, reducing residential care of children, and helping children and teens grow up in families through evidence-based family strengthening and mental health services.

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Social Work Haven

APRIL 16, 2023

The three systems of social work are the direct practice system, the administrative system, and the macro-system. Direct practice involves working with individuals or families to address their specific needs, such as providing counselling or therapy services. What Is Systemic Theory in Social Work? Ricketts, S.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Findings establish that an understanding of social theories may be difficult to effectively implement due to the existence of factors such as austerity measures, cutbacks in social care services, time restrictions and rigorous policies existing within the social services sector (Jordan & Drakeford, 2013).

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Social Work Haven

MAY 13, 2023

He is one of the UK’s leading thinkers on social justice and the welfare state, Titmuss helped establish social policy as an academic discipline. From 1950 until his death in 1973 he was the professor of social administration at the London School of Economics.

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Child Welfare Monitor

MAY 7, 2024

Administration for Children and Families, are based on data that states submit to the National Child Abuse and Neglect (NCANDS) data system. Jurisdictions may count only deaths substantiated as abuse or neglect using definitions from child welfare civil or criminal law, which may not be comprehensive.

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CO4Kids

JANUARY 31, 2025

This rule change will clarify actions required by county child welfare staff and enhance Colorados Child Welfare response to the unregulated custody transfer of children and youth. The purpose of the rule work is to align Colorado’s rule and practice with the requirements of Colorado House Bill 23-1157.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

This side of the child welfare story - what happens to mothers like Alexis after their children enter the system - is seldom seen. Department of Health and Human Services. When that happens, social services officials come under fire. But there are few consequences for wrongly removing children from their homes.

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Child Welfare Monitor

DECEMBER 9, 2024

But today’s post focuses on one particularly jarring vignette–the story of a mother, her seven children, and a van–and what it means about how child welfare policy is made and discussed today. David Reed, the Deputy Director of Child Welfare Services in Indiana, introduced the story of this family in his testimony.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The story begins this way: Growing up Latino in Massachusetts carries a greater risk of entering the foster system than anywhere else in the nation, and for those who end up in foster homes — as well as those who are the subject of child welfare investigations — the consequences can be devastating. Please, Mommy.

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Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Members of our profession also provide frontline services in mental health, substance use treatment, child welfare, and elder care – many of which fall under HHS programs such as Medicaid and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

JANUARY 20, 2021

For those students who have held on, the required social work internships have evolved dramatically. Social work students deliver services online, learn remotely, and show up to social services agencies in deep transition. But child welfare workers are invisible. She feels guilt.

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