Child Welfare Monitor

JULY 8, 2024

Unfortunately, there seems to be little to no interest on the part of the federal Children’s Bureau, Members of Congress, advocates, or the media in whether such services are actually being provided. Of course the supporters of FFPSA ignored this basic fact and claimed the legislation would revolutionize child welfare!).

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All For Kids

AUGUST 12, 2024

If you are considering adoption, congratulations! However, the adoption journey can prove difficult to navigate if you don’t have the understanding and resources necessary to guide you through the child adoption process. What are your feelings on international adoption vs. domestic adoption?

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

AUGUST 29, 2023

Have you noticed how the writing of “child welfare” establishment types sounds more frantic lately? Or adopted to another family because critical information was never uploaded to their files? Josh Gupta-Kagan. Case in point: The “scholar” so desperate he’s trying to turn the entire concept of “evidence-based” on its head.

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KVC

MARCH 1, 2021

Bringing Innovation & Child Welfare Best Practices. In this role, she led a team that dramatically grew community support for children who are in foster care due to abuse or neglect, increasing the organization’s foster and adoptive families by 78%, from 500 to 892 homes.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Haaland, the case challenging the Indian Child Welfare Act is scheduled to begin TODAY (Nov. Of course, most non-native foster parents who adopt native children are not accused of abusing them. Another post discusses two stories about “shortages” in Massachusetts “child welfare.” 9) at 10:00 am ET. In other news:

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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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Child Welfare Monitor

JANUARY 8, 2025

New York law requires local departments of social services to investigate all fatalities from maltreatment. The states Office of Children and Family Services is required to review each local fatality investigation and issue its own report within six months of the local investigation.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2024

I started this work in 1988,” said Roberts, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s law school and the author of books including “Shattered Bonds” and “Torn Apart,” both about institutional racism in the child welfare system. “To Kennedy was born July 14, 2014, and was adopted in November 2018.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Whenever anyone in state government was asked about the problems in the state’s “child welfare” system they’d give the same stock answer: As soon as the new Department of Social Services was up and running, and took over jobs then done by the Department of Public Welfare, everything would be fine!

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Motto of the conference: Advancing human rights in global social work profession The conference is dedicated to 18 years work of Georgian Association of Social Workers. It might include videos on performed activities, social service projects, and etc. Aging Services and Gerontology. Child Welfare.

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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 26, 2023

Part one of NCCPR’s news and commentary year in review for 2023 America’s massive child welfare surveillance state was built on horror stories. That’s why we’ve long extended an offer to the fearmongers in the child welfare establishment: a mutual moratorium on using horror stories to "prove” anything.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

AUGUST 15, 2023

In Hawaii, Honolulu Civil Beat reports, The estate of a 6-year-old Waimanalo girl who died from alleged abuse in perhaps the most notorious child welfare cases in recent Hawaii history is suing her adoptive parents and the state for gross negligence. Her adoptive parents, Isaac and Lehua Kalua, have been charged with murder.

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CO4Kids

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Back to Blogs Child Welfare Blog Welcoming Robert “Tres” Newport as Deputy Director of OCYF The Office of Children, Youth and Families is excited to share that a familiar face will be the new Deputy Director of the Office of Children, Youth, and Families.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Or will they uphold their commitments to child safety through family preservation? -- Based on her extensive research Prof. 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.

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KVC

OCTOBER 22, 2024

By understanding the social determinants of health, policymakers and healthcare professionals can assess what’s needed most in a community and then take the proper measures to work toward a healthy population.

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