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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. In Minnesota the power rests with law enforcement – and they abuse it constantly.
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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.
Social Work Blog
AUGUST 1, 2022
43 Essential Policies for Human Services Professionals , by Gerald V. Written from a modern, pluralist perspective, the text shows why economists and policymakers disagree about regulations, social welfare programs, government spending, and tax policies designed to address these economic problems.
Relias
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
As a care professional in the human services industry, you’re most likely familiar with the common risk factors and warning signs for suicide, but there are other important factors to consider, like social determinants of health (SDOH) which play a large role in substance use disorders (SUDs) and depression.
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