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

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If you are wondering what mental health and child welfare services KVC provides and in which areas, this guide is for you! Get ready to learn how you or others can take advantage of KVC’s child and family services. The next subsidiary is KVC Kansas which provides child welfare and mental health services.

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The good news: A public radio station in Kansas City talked to the right people for a "child welfare" story. The bad news: They still missed the point

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Often, when I single out for criticism particular stories about “child welfare” – or as it should be called family policing, it’s because the reporter never bothered to even speak to parents who have had their children taken, or to lawyers for such parents. How might we fix this?

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending Sept. 24, 2024

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

The reports were careful, nuanced assessments – far better than what’s spewed forth from certain politicians, and the state’s child welfare “ombudsman.” Those last 11 paragraphs are an indirect reminder of how, in less than 25 years, Maine child welfare went from national scandal to national model to national disgrace. . ●

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending April 11, 2023

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

And here’s part two , which explains why “creme" is to food what “permanency” is to child welfare: a fake substitute. ● The biggest thing out of all this is anxiety. It all boils down to $$$$$$ I have a blog post about it. This solution, to both homelessness and foster care sounds almost ridiculously obvious. ●

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To Strengthen Children’s Mental Health, KVC Missouri & Great Circle Finalize Agreement to Integrate

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Jason Hooper, President and CEO of KVC Health Systems KVC Missouri is part of KVC Health Systems, a family of nonprofits leading the way in mental health and child welfare. Depression, anxiety, and trauma- and stress-related disorders are increasing. We can truly transform the face of foster care and mental health.”

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7 Ways You Can Help a Child in Foster Care (Without Being a Foster Parent)

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Once a child is referred to KVC, we begin immediately working to match them with a loving foster family. Imagine the anxiety a child feels after being removed from his or her home and moving somewhere new. If you are in another state, please contact your nearest state child welfare agency office.

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Child protection enquiries reach record levels, reveal official figures

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This was reflected in the number of child protection plans, which are drawn up if a child is assessed as being at risk of, or suffering significant harm, following an ICPC, which only rose by 1.8% “The child welfare system urgently needs reform and investment in early help if it is going to deliver for families and children.”.