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Child Welfare FAQs Regarding Family Detention or Deportation

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The child welfare system for the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) oversees child welfare practices, policies and funding. Each of Colorados 64 counties implements child welfare practices and delivers direct services to children, youth and families in their counties. Will my children be adopted?

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Child Welfare Information Regarding Family Detention or Deportation for Impacted Parents or Caregivers

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If a familys child(ren) is detained or deported, families can contact the caseworker or their county human services department for support. To find child welfare offices in Colorado, visit the Contact Your County Human Services Department website for county specific information. Will my children be adopted?

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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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Implement Trauma-Informed Care at Your Organization

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For those working in human services, compassion fatigue and the associated symptoms of burnout occur all too often. In order to take care of your staff, it’s important to adopt a trauma-informed care approach within your own organization. Offer EAP benefits that provide free short-term counseling for staff.

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Maine’s child welfare ombudsman is dangerously wrong

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Landry runs the Office of Child and Family Services within Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services. NCCPR’s Vice President was co-counsel for plaintiffs.) But Alberi seems to want OCFS to adopt a policy that boils down to: Please pass the salt. His hiring is, frankly, inexplicable.

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How and Why Trauma-Informed Leadership Works

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Programs like paid time off for mental health days and access to counseling through work can go a long way to mitigating burnout, compassion fatigue, and other signs of extreme stress or trauma. A myriad of ways exist to create effective staff support programs, but experts have pinpointed a few best practices worth highlighting.

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Child Welfare Update: February 2024

Child Welfare Monitor

At almost three years old, and after two straight years in foster care with the same family that fostered her from the start and wanted to adopt her, Harmony was returned to her mother for the second time. But some lawyers that counsel parents in child protection cases are being told that attachment theory does not apply to Black children.