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Seven children and all she needed was a van: large families and the blindness of the child welfare establishment

Child Welfare Monitor

In its Study of the Root Causes of Juvenile Justice System Involvement ,” the District of Columbia’s Criminal Justice Coordinating Council interviewed youth service providers with first-hand experience working with justice-involved and at-risk youth.

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Agile working failing to meet social workers’ needs in Scotland, finds study

Community Care

Citing the wider body of research into the practice, it said local authorities had generally adopted agile working to make efficiency savings, not in response to social workers’ needs. The final year’s survey included questions on the impact of Covid-19.

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The Atlantic reminds us of the horrors of family separation – at the Mexican border. It was even worse than we thought.

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

It took 18 months of reporting, more than 150 interviews, and a lawsuit to obtain relevant documents. In no place in the American criminal-justice system, he reportedly testified, would it be considered either ethically or legally permissible to keep children from their parents for punitive purposes after their legal process is completed.