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Foster Mom Works Around the Clock to Care for Medically Fragile Children

CO4Kids

Over the last three years, she has cared for seven medically fragile children, many of whom have returned home and one whom she adopted. Vera’s daughter, seven-year-old Evelyn, has been with her since 2021 and was just adopted in July. Although this work is very challenging, I do it for the kids.

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Social care leaders hailed in New Year Honours

Community Care

Vic Rayner (@vicrayner) December 31, 2022.

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Funding boost for councils not enough to address ‘disastrous’ state of social care, warn sector bodies

Community Care

More on adult social care pressures. Seven in eight commissioners paying below ‘minimum rate for home care’. CQC joins call for care staff pay boost to prevent ‘tsunami of unmet need’. Experienced care staff earn 6p an hour more than newcomers. 7m to improve support for adopted children and their families.

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Meet the Morgan County DHS Team: 100+ Years of Dedication and Expertise

CO4Kids

Angela Sneddon Ongoing manager Angela Sneddon has been a social worker with Morgan County DHS for over 25 years. During her time with the county, Angela has worked with kids in out-of-home care as an ongoing caseworker and as an on-call caseworker. I also really love adoptions and that side of it too.

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A Fatal Collision: The Opioid Epidemic and the Dismantling of Child Protection Services in Washington State

Child Welfare Monitor

On August 24, 2024, the Washington Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) proudly announced in a press statement that it had reduced the number of children in out-of-home care by nearly half since 2018. Specifically, the number of children in foster care had fallen from 9,171 in 2018 to 4,971 as of August 14, 2024.

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Foster mom works around the clock to care for medically fragile children

CO4Kids

Over the last three years, she has cared for seven medically fragile children, many of whom have returned home and one whom she adopted. Vera’s daughter, seven-year-old Evelyn, has been with her since 2021 and was just adopted in July. Although this work is very challenging, I do it for the kids.