NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2022

There’s still more about the harm of the so-called Adoption and Safe Families Act. ● In The Imprint , Kathleen Creamer, managing attorney of the Family Advocacy Unit at Community Legal Services of Philadelphia writes: My clients are the children of ASFA. It involves, yes, a questionnaire about adverse childhood experiences.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JULY 23, 2023

I know that the advocacy community conflates neglect with poverty," Mossaides said. And, according to its own brochure , the Plummer program encourages something called “concurrent planning” which further stacks the deck against families and in favor of foster parents who want to adopt.* Then it was back to the fearmongering.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In the Virginia Mercury , Valerie L’Herrou, deputy director of the Center for Family Advocacy, urges support for legislation that would bolster the quality of family defense in that state. In this week’s edition of The Horror Stories Go In All Directions: Hawaii, 2021: six-year-old Ariel Sellers was allegedly adopted to death.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

And check out this detailed testimony from several New York City family defense and family advocacy organizations. ? Three Native children adopted by white families – two of them before Congress passed the Indian Child Welfare Act -- answer that, in this story from the Lawrence (Kan.) And now we have the perfect real-world example.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

And the head of a trade association for “children’s advocacy centers,” where many such exams are performed, says the real problem is agencies aren’t doing enough of them. ● In the Albany Times Union leaders of an adoptive and foster parents group explain why ransom should be abolished. ● It says such exams are “standard procedure.”

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Shelter, Inc

JANUARY 31, 2022

No Black history in America or history of children’s advocacy can be complete without the name of Marian Wright Edelman. a child’s advocacy and research center. With Edelman at the helm, they lobbied for legislation including the Education for All Handicapped Children in 1975 and the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act in 1980.

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Shelter, Inc

JANUARY 31, 2022

No Black history in America or history of children’s advocacy can be complete without the name of Marian Wright Edelman. a child’s advocacy and research center. With Edelman at the helm, they lobbied for legislation including the Education for All Handicapped Children in 1975 and the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act in 1980.

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KVC

MAY 19, 2023

She was adopted, but the family was not able to stay together. Robin’s Early Childhood and Adoption In 1988, Robin was born in the historic city of Philadelphia. Eventually, the couple finalized their adoption of Robin and her brother. Robin’s adoptive father contracted Hepatitis C before it was curable.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MARCH 2, 2022

Those words came in a decision reversing a lower court which allowed a Black child to be taken from his loving extended family and placed with white strangers who tried to adopt him. Youth Today reports on creation of an independent Office of Family Representation and Advocacy. ­? The Imprint has a story about it all.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 28, 2023

Because Senate leadership felt DRA should be more closely aligned with the broader voting rights advocacy movement, they decided DRA should be carved out as a standalone bill. DRA was originally a part of the For the People Act (HR-1) that was introduced in 2021.

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Social Work Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

The 12th edition of Social Work Speaks is a comprehensive and unabridged collection of policies adopted and revised by the NASW Delegate Assembly in 2020. This user-friendly resource can assist in developing organizational responses to policy issues, conducting policy analysis, and working in advocacy coalitions. _

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MAY 27, 2022

She is the state’s “Child Advocate,” and before that ran a prestigious private agency specializing in adoption and foster care. And so, Mossaides concludes A decision to explore adoption for Harmony should have been pursued earlier. Sorey’s fight for her daughter in this excellent story from The Boston Globe.

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Social Work Blog

MAY 9, 2022

2345) of 2017 and subsequently adopted into the law in 2020 via National Suicide Hotline Designation Act, the 988 crisis line seeks to meet the growing demand for crisis intervention services and eliminate stigma against those seeking mental health support. Initially, introduced in the National Suicide Hotline Improvement Act (H.R.

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Beyond Advocacy

MARCH 20, 2024

With the capable Lead Organizer, Amani Desamours, and her Student Leadership Team handling Thursday’s virtual Student Advocacy Day, I had the privilege of attending the pivotal Children’s Bureau’s National Convening on Kinship Care.

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

Top stories include: Human Rights Advocacy: Wave of LGBTQIA+ Bills Underscores Vital Role for Social Workers. As I listened to global social work leaders during the event, I was inspired by the reports of social work’s vital role in achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by all United Nations member states in 2015.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2022

In that article, Alexandra Travis writes about her own experience with family destruction and then asks: Tell me, if you knew our story, would you still advocate so fiercely for adoption and termination? Would you permanently separate us as a family and prevent five siblings from having a life and future together? Added Prof.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 2, 2023

The 12th edition of Social Work Speaks is a comprehensive and unabridged collection of policies adopted and revised by the NASW Delegate Assembly in 2020. This user-friendly resource can assist in developing organizational responses to policy issues, conducting policy analysis, and working in advocacy coalitions.

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Beyond Advocacy

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The originalist perspective of the conservative majority on the Supreme Court today—that only laws that existed at the time of the adoption of the Constitution are legitimate—will have a profound impact on today’s society. Summit proceedings are being compiled and will be shared in the coming weeks.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MARCH 31, 2022

But for the past three years it's been especially relevant.

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Beyond Advocacy

JUNE 13, 2023

If enacted, the bill would expand state foster care and adoption assistance programs to provide driving preparation assistance to foster youth and related training for foster parents. The bill was referred to the House Ways and Means Committee and the Finance Committee in the Senate.

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Social Work Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

Ecosocial Work: Environmental Practice and Advocacy by Rachel Forbes and Kelly Smith answers that call with chapters that include theoretical frameworks and innovative tools. Prior to 2020, the field of social work was limited in its adoption of digital practice.

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Social Work Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

Ecosocial Work: Environmental Practice and Advocacy by Rachel Forbes and Kelly Smith answers that call with chapters that include theoretical frameworks and innovative tools. Prior to 2020, the field of social work was limited in its adoption of digital practice.

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Social Work Haven

JUNE 15, 2023

As I embark on this transformative journey, I am committed to adopting a strength-based approach—one that recognises and nurtures the inherent potential within each individual. Strength-Based Approach One of the key aspects of being a social worker is adopting a strength-based approach.

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Michigan Social Work

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

His efforts led to the adoption of protection of farm workers from excessive heat and overtime pay. Sanders led the organization’s federal policy analysis, regulatory and legislative advocacy and coalition building efforts. Senate in 2013.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Independent reviewing officers should then only agree to a young person not being accommodated under section 20 if they were satisfied that the child had been fully informed of their housing options and been given access to independent advocacy.

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All For Kids

MARCH 12, 2025

Many social services in the United States help single-parent households, like the Health and Human Services Agency, Center for Social Advocacy, Family Resource Centers , Community Health Services, Teen Centers, Volunteers of America, the YMCA, and the Boys and Girls Club. Mitigating Risks What can be done to tackle these concerns?

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Social Work Haven

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Examples of intervention strategies include counselling, crisis intervention, community organisation, case management, advocacy, and active listening. Some examples of social work intervention strategies include counselling, crisis intervention, case management, community organisation, advocacy, and active listening.

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Social Work Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Prior to 2020, the field of social work was limited in its adoption of digital practice. A practical guide to stress management and approaches to self-care, this book includes narratives gathered from both students and practitioners in the field.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 28, 2023

Because Senate leadership felt DRA should be more closely aligned with the broader voting rights advocacy movement, they decided DRA should be carved out as a standalone bill. DRA was originally a part of the For the People Act (HR-1) that was introduced in 2021.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

Prior to 2020, the field of social work was limited in its adoption of digital practice. Ecosocial Work: Environmental Practice and Advocacy answers that call with chapters that include theoretical frameworks and innovative tools.

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Relias

JANUARY 24, 2024

By adopting a trauma-informed perspective, juvenile justice systems and organizations can address immediate legal concerns but also foster healing, resilience, and positive transformation for young people engaged in the juvenile justice system. They receive training on how to support others with similar concerns.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Saturday, on “National Adoption Day, who will stop to remember that for some children and some young adults every mass adoption ceremony, every treacly feature story on the local news is an act of cruelty – ripping the scab off a wound that never fully heals? It is the prerequisite to any adoption of a child from foster care.

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Social Work Haven

DECEMBER 4, 2022

“Rethinking Social Work’s Role in a Rapidly Changing World : by Antoinette Lombard and Andre Viviers offer an overview of the need for social work in teh 21st century to adopt a more transformative social-policy approach, including policy advocacy. Social Work in Mental Health Settings” by Kevin J.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MARCH 31, 2023

But for the past four years it's been especially relevant.

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Beyond Advocacy

AUGUST 7, 2024

It also strengthens post-adoption services. It expands access for tribal communities and provides support systems for the 2.5 million grandparents and relatives serving as kinship caregivers. The bill passed unanimously out of the Ways and Means Committee. LaHood hailed the bill’s bipartisan nature.

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Beyond Advocacy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The matter originated in a Texas District Court when an adoption petition by a non-Native couple—Chad and Jennifer Brackeen—seeking legal custody of a Native American child was challenged by the Navajo Tribe. The District Court ruled in favor of the Brackeens, declaring ICWA unconstitutional.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2021

On the contrary, he worked in the Florida CASA program, began his excellent blog with posts defending that program and, as recently as 2016, received the program’s Excellence in Advocacy award. It speaks volumes about the Florida CASA program that their email effectively adopts the position that all families are guilty.

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