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Child care, family assistance outlined in 2025 California budget

CCRC

CCRC and fellow advocacy groups fought for funding of these critical services, which were previously considered in the governors budget cuts. Cost of Care Plus Rate payments : The budget maintains funding to continue the Cost of Care Plus Rate monthly payments adopted for state-subsidized child care providers.

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Standard operating cruelty: When the family police steal more than Social Security checks

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Photo by Alan Levine When children are taken from their parents forever and those children are adopted by strangers, the parents often want to leave their children something to remember them by, perhaps a cherished keepsake or a family photo from happier times. What’s the difference between adoption and those other options?

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Colorado recognizes March as Brain Injury Awareness Month

CO4Kids

This month, the MINDSOURCE Brain Injury Network , within the Colorado Department of Human Services, is celebrating March as Brain Injury Awareness Month, which focuses on prevention and how communities can support people living with brain injuries. MINDSOURCE supports people with brain injury in three core ways.

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The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Transitions to 988

Social Work Blog

Vibrant Emotional Health, who is the current administrator of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, believes that this change will help increase accessibility to these much-needed services. Department of Health and Human Services. Initially, introduced in the National Suicide Hotline Improvement Act (H.R. KVC Health Systems.

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Celebrate Your Graduate—Save 20% on Select NASW Press Books!

Social Work Blog

In 43 Essential Policies for Human Services Professionals , Gerald O’Brien provides a resource to overcome these challenges, because policy familiarity contributes to social workers’ fundamental understanding of the individuals, communities, institutions, and governments they serve.

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Kinship Care Gets a Boost

Beyond Advocacy

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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Celebrate Social Work Month with NASW Press: 20% Off Books and eBooks!

Social Work Blog

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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