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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
DECEMBER 15, 2024
In Oregon, "child welfare" has become a pathetic game of whack-a-mole. They also revealed that Oregons family police agency (a more accurate term than child welfare agency) knew about the abuse for at least 18 months and did nothing. So -- whack! -- a child advocacy group brought a lawsuit to prohibit the practice.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
MARCH 5, 2024
It’s not a full-scale class-action lawsuit, but it’s a good start: Children’s Rights is representing the Minneapolis NAACP in a formal complaint to the federal Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights.
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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
JANUARY 18, 2022
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has issued a scathing rebuke to Philadelphia’s family police agency, the Department of Human Services, rejecting the idea that its caseworkers are effectively exempt from the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and a similar clause in Pennsylvania’s constitution.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
JANUARY 22, 2025
For nearly a decade, Oregons approach to child welfare has amounted to a pathetic game of whack-a-mole. They also revealed that the Oregon Department of Human Services knew about the abuse and did nothing. So whack a child advocacy group brought a lawsuit to prohibit the practice. DHS settled.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
JULY 25, 2024
.” -- Ann Haines Holy Eagle on what the Minnesota family police stole from her By now we’re all familiar with one odious practice of most family police agencies (a more accurate term than “child welfare” agencies): They steal the Social Security benefits to which some foster children are entitled and keep the money for themselves.
Beyond Advocacy
MARCH 20, 2024
With the capable Lead Organizer, Amani Desamours, and her Student Leadership Team handling Thursday’s virtual Student Advocacy Day, I had the privilege of attending the pivotal Children’s Bureau’s National Convening on Kinship Care. And his TED Talk on the benefits of placing children with family members has more than 1.2
Michigan Social Work
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
He has been the editor for the journal Child Welfare, director of the Michigan State University School of Social Work, and has served in Michigan on the Governor’s Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect. Sanders led the organization’s federal policy analysis, regulatory and legislative advocacy and coalition building efforts.
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