Child Welfare Monitor

JANUARY 27, 2025

Some states explicitly reported that their screening changes were adopted in order to decrease the number of screened in referrals. Kentucky reported adopting a new SDM screening tool designed to decrease the number of referrals that are “incorrectly accepted for investigation.” Texas did not submit commentary for FFY 2023.

Child Welfare 163

Child Welfare Welfare Justice and Corrections Administration 163

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Bridget McCormack The Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, Bridget McCormack, has written a dissent in a case involving termination of a child’s rights to her parents (a more accurate term than termination of parental rights). In contrast, McCormack wrote, when Washington D.C.

Child Welfare 103

Child Welfare Welfare Justice and Corrections Foster Care 103

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Imagine for a moment that you are a reporter assigned to write a multi-part in-depth series on the criminal justice system. Reporters can identify with foster parents – they probably know some, or at least have friends who do – or if not that, then they may have friends who adopted a foster child. That’s not correct.

Child Welfare 98

Child Welfare Welfare Foster Care Substance Abuse 98

Relias

JANUARY 24, 2024

Juvenile justice is shifting towards a more compassionate and nuanced approach that recognizes the profound impact of trauma on young offenders’ lives. Why trauma-informed care for juvenile offenders is important The juvenile justice system has a high number of youth with behavioral health issues.

Rehabilitation 52

Rehabilitation Disorder Mental Health Treatment Planning 52

Social Work Haven

DECEMBER 4, 2022

“Rethinking Social Work’s Role in a Rapidly Changing World : by Antoinette Lombard and Andre Viviers offer an overview of the need for social work in teh 21st century to adopt a more transformative social-policy approach, including policy advocacy. Working with diverse and vulnerable groups to promote social justice.

Code of Ethics 52

Code of Ethics Substance Abuse Justice and Corrections Social Worker 52

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

But let’s assume, for the moment, the raw data are correct. Department of Justice for bias against the disabled. But for foster care entries, there is another, less unreliable database, known as AFCARS, Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System. This analysis gives Drake et al.

Child Welfare 52

Child Welfare Foster Care Welfare Justice and Corrections 52

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 25, 2022

It was tried first in criminal justice – and proven to be racially biased. Is the racial justice movement really too influential? The program, first adopted in Nassau County on Long Island in New York, redacts all race and race-related factors from the dossiers used by social workers and supervisors in determining child welfare cases.

Child Welfare 98

Child Welfare Welfare Justice and Corrections Foster Care 98