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NCCPR news and commentary round-up week ending Nov. 19, 2024

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hospitals calls for screening a woman’s urine for drugs before she gives birth, despite the test itself being notoriously unreliable and easily manipulated by other substances. mother charged with murdering two of her adopted children was a licensed adoptive parent for years, WRAL Investigates has learned.

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Child care, family assistance outlined in 2025 California budget

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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. Child Care Providers Union (CCPU) negotiations : The state will continue to negotiate a successor agreement with CCPU when the current contract expires June 30, 2025.

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Reinstate hospital social workers to improve discharge outcomes, PSWs urge Barclay

Community Care

Hospital social workers should be reinstated onto wards to support people to achieve better outcomes on discharge, amid the current severe pressures on the NHS and social care. Managing chaos, doing our best for patients and supporting each other: hospital social work under Covid.

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A Helpful Guide to KVC’s Mental Health and Child Welfare Services in Kansas and Missouri

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Or, if you’re not looking for services, learn how you can join KVC as an advocate, volunteer, financial supporter, event sponsor, foster or adoptive parent, or even team member. KVC Health Systems’ local subsidiaries are: KVC Hospitals. KVC Hospitals – Children’s Psychiatric Treatment. KVC Kansas.

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A Pennsylvania case illustrates again why, for children, “best interests of the child” is among the most dangerous phrases in the “child welfare” lexicon

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Their father is eager to take them in, but at the time of the removal he’s in the hospital. That’s because after he was hit by a drunk driver and confined to a wheelchair it led to medical complications that sometimes require hospitalization. They move to change the case goal for the children from reunification to adoption.

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An update on the Mental Health Bill’s passage through Parliament

Community Care

In response, Baroness Merron stated that the number of people with a learning disability and autistic people in mental health hospitals is indeed unacceptable. The bill does not provide any reforms aimed at addressing the position of children placed on adult mental health wards and those placed in hospitals out of area.

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New KVC Thriving Magazine: Find Out Why KVC Is a Great Place to Work and Read New Success Stories

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But when she came to KVC Hospitals, she received comprehensive medical and psychiatric treatment. Meet Children Who Need Loving, Adoptive Forever Families. BreAnna, Taniya, Lexi and A’Jaun are children who need adoptive families to provide them with safety, a sense of belonging and unconditional love. Read it now.