NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

AUGUST 13, 2023

She had to fight her way through a long, cumbersome appeals process before she could get overturned a determination by a caseworker for the Washington State family police agency (a more accurate term than “child welfare” agency) that the allegation against her was “founded.” Well – not quite.

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Shelter, Inc

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

The harsh reality is not all children are represented equally in the child welfare system, nor do they have equal outcomes. Yet, study after study show child abuse and neglect is lower in Black families than white families. When we do that, we will have made huge strides toward making the child welfare system fair for all.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

But it still fell into some of the traps that characterize much of the journalism of child welfare – including a crucial misunderstanding of poverty and neglect and one inflammatory claim that, as originally published, was flat wrong. ? s Child Welfare System Racist? There was the headline: “Is N.Y.’s

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Beyond Advocacy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Capitol Visitor Center, First Street and East Capitol Street, Washington, DC 20515, to explore legislative remedies should the Supreme Court overturn the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). They urged the Supreme Court to “uphold the Indian Child Welfare Act’s constitutionality in all respects.”

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Colorado takes children from their parents at a rate 30% above the national average – and some counties have rates of child removal that are even worse, according to a report released today by a national child advocacy organization. When it comes to child welfare, Colorado trails.”

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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. So whack a child advocacy group brought a lawsuit to prohibit the practice. This sick game began in earnest when news accounts exposed horrific abuse at one private agencys group homes. DHS settled.

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Child Advocates

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Hear an authentic, piercing, and comprehensive conversation about our nation’s child welfare system and its impact on children, especially children. The post A Former Foster Child, Now Child Rights Lawyer, Shares Piercing Insight on the Child Welfare System | Podcast Episode 21 appeared first on Child Advocates.

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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.

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Child Welfare Monitor

APRIL 17, 2024

She is currently a member of the DCYF Parental Advisory Group and is passionate about fixing what is broken in our child welfare system to keep Washington kids safe. Prior to becoming a foster parent, she was a CASA for three years. She lives in the Seattle area with her husband and daughter. You can follow her on X at @DCYFWAtch.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MARCH 2, 2022

? As almost everyone reading this probably knows, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments on the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act which The Imprint calls “a bedrock law passed in the 1970s to combat cultural genocide committed against Indigenous families.” ? But things have taken a strange turn in Maine.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MAY 8, 2023

Maine’s child population is only four percent Hispanic, but more than one-quarter of them will be forced into foster care and 15% of them will lose their parents forever. That state’s child welfare “ombudsman” issues reports indicating she’s never seen a problem with wrongful removal in Maine. It’s not hard to figure out why.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2022

? Last week, I was asked to list the most important contributions to the field of family advocacy and family defense made by Prof. When reporters call, one of the most difficult questions for me to answer is how the Fourth Amendment applies in “child welfare” cases. Martin Guggenheim.

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Social Work Blog

MAY 6, 2022

She participated in the Child Welfare Title IV-E Program, a federal training program which helped pay for her graduate work. Mike Pierce, Executive Director of the Student Borrower Protection Center, with whom NASW partners on student loan debt advocacy, provided testimony at the hearing.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

International Seminar on Social Welfare in Asia and the Pacific Rim 2023 The Role and Future of Social Welfare Practitioners during a Global Crisis－ COVID-19, war, and the economic instability that followed threatened the lives of people living in countries around the world, shaking the very foundations that allowed people to live their lives.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

● “Which would be worse,” asks Jasmine Wali, director of policy & advocacy at JMAC for Families, in this story for The Nation : “being beaten by your partner, or having social services take away your children? And here’s part two , which explains why “creme" is to food what “permanency” is to child welfare: a fake substitute. ●

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Shelter, Inc

JANUARY 31, 2022

No Black history in America or history of children’s advocacy can be complete without the name of Marian Wright Edelman. Her impact on the welfare of all children has been profound. a child’s advocacy and research center. And the history of Child Welfare. Marian Wright Edelman is a name to remember.

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Shelter, Inc

JANUARY 31, 2022

No Black history in America or history of children’s advocacy can be complete without the name of Marian Wright Edelman. Her impact on the welfare of all children has been profound. a child’s advocacy and research center. And the history of Child Welfare. Marian Wright Edelman is a name to remember.

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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

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CO4Kids

AUGUST 14, 2024

A pervasive theme explored throughout the presentations was the importance of connecting culture and history to sexual health advocacy. The Denver Indian Family Resource Center (DIFRC) discussed how connections to native culture like ribbon work, beading, and teaching the medicine wheel act as a protective factor for native youth.

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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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Social Work Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

Top stories include: Human Rights Advocacy: Wave of LGBTQIA+ Bills Underscores Vital Role for Social Workers. Schools of Social Work: University of North Dakota – Fighting for Native American Child Welfare. In case you missed it, here are some of the features in the latest issue of Social Work Advocates.

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Brightpoint

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

1] ” This unapologetic advocacy is sparking mainstream conversations throughout the U.S. 7] ” Launched this summer, our Empower Parenting with Resources (EmPwR) pilot program is following 800 Illinois families reported for suspected child maltreatment and receiving DCFS-funded services to address issues leading to a call to the hotline.

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Beyond Advocacy

AUGUST 7, 2024

This bill would reauthorize Title IV-B of the Social Security Act to strengthen child welfare services and expand the availability of prevention services. The bill was referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means, which held a hearing on the legislation on July 24, following a year-long review of child welfare programs.

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CO4Kids

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Marjorie is not Native American, but she works closely with the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) to ensure the children have all opportunities to explore their Native American culture. Adriana’s dedication to the case and advocacy for this grandparent was exemplary.

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Beyond Advocacy

JUNE 13, 2023

Judy Chu (D-CA-28) who worked on the legislation; and Gerry Glynn, Chief Legal Officer for Embrace Families, a state-designated lead agency for child welfare services in several counties in Florida. We will also hear from Duane Price, a young man with experience in foster care whose life was enhanced by getting a car.

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Beyond Advocacy

JUNE 29, 2022

He says he plans to move the commission towards being more involved legislatively by partnering with Michigan Community Action , an advocacy association. I first met Justin years ago when he attended CRISP’s Student Advocacy Day and former Michigan School of Social Work dean Lynn Videka told me he is someone to connect with.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Among those most ardent about pushing the false, racist myth that COVID would lead to a “pandemic of child abuse” were the nation’s so-called “Child Advocacy Centers” and their trade association. Nora McCarthy discusses this in her column for The Imprint.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

● Another child abuse pediatrician who got in trouble in New York and then in Florida for allegedly misdiagnosing child abuse, apparently is in trouble in Pennsylvania, too. But she’ll still be on the payroll, working part-time “at other locations.”

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Center for Child Protection

MAY 28, 2024

Ray brings 27 years of dedicated law enforcement experience, including 11 years with the Travis County Sheriff’s Office Child Abuse Unit. Shanna brings over 15 years of expertise in the Child Welfare System, with 12 years at the Department of Family and Protective Services. Shanna Schuelke, Clinical Services Coordinator.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MARCH 31, 2023

In fact, given that the child welfare establishment has no shame, expect the usual op-eds to have token boilerplate statements about racial justice – even as they propose making a profoundly racist family policing system even bigger and more powerful. The problem of child abuse is serious and real, but the solutions have been phony.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In The Imprint , Kathleen Creamer, managing attorney of the Family Advocacy Unit at Community Legal Services of Philadelphia writes: My clients are the children of ASFA. I have a column about it in CalMatters. There’s still more about the harm of the so-called Adoption and Safe Families Act. ● It has decimated their lives.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Child Welfare Specialist : Social workers in this role focus on the safety and well-being of children, often within the context of child protective services or foster care systems. Advocacy takes various forms, including individual, organisational, and systemic levels. Client Advocacy 6. Client Assessment 2.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 2, 2023

This user-friendly resource can assist in developing organizational responses to policy issues, conducting policy analysis, and working in advocacy coalitions. Chapters examine distinct content areas, such as child welfare, aging, the climate crisis, and forced migration. We are all part of the economy. Currently, about 5.4

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

APRIL 18, 2023

● Some relatively good news in Tennessee: Tennessee Lookout reports that thanks to strong legal advocacy, public pressure, and some very good journalism, the children taken from parents whose “crime” was Driving While Black have been returned.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JULY 5, 2023

In the Journal of Law and Policy , family defender Joshua Michtom explains why vigorous family advocacy in the courtroom is not enough – family defenders must explain to the general public the enormous harm done by this system.

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Beyond Advocacy

APRIL 13, 2022

We cancelled Student Advocacy Day scheduled for the next day as the House and Senate would go into hiatus until the Covid-19 pandemic abated. Day, an associate professor at the University of Washington School of Social Work, is establishing herself as an authority in the field of child welfare. We are still waiting.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 13, 2022

The contents for the July 2022 issue include: Editorial: Social Work’s Role in Rebuilding the Child Welfare Workforce. Such risk underscores the importance of social work practice and advocacy for the improved treatment and experiences of UC. Mexican border to their reunification with sponsors in U.S.

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