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Now The Imprint reports on how the same agency used the same tactics to undermine legislation to replace anonymous child abuse reporting with confidential reporting. Also in New York, but applicable everywhere: This Daily News op-ed from family defenders on why the worst way to respond to child abuse fatalities is foster-care panic. ●
For those on it, it is alleged, this state will rely on a network of informers to plunder confidential records and spy on any mother they deem high risk. She became part of a secret docket of pregnant women singled out for intensive government monitoring. The government attempted to force her to undergo a medical procedure.
ChildWelfare 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. Confidentiality: Maintaining strict confidentiality is essential. They keep their promises and follow through on commitments.
The state capitol in Austin What the Tribune (and the Dallas Morning News ) can’t face is that after decades of seeing the system that calls itself “childwelfare” do enormous harm to children, people across the political spectrum are coming together and finding common ground. But it still has a long way to go.
Police officers and childwelfare caseworkers were ordering a woman to open her front door. ACS’ game of misdirection New York is one of 13 states in which local governments run family policing systems with some sort of state supervision. Here’s how ProPublica describes one encounter: It was 5:30 a.m.
This is the text of the NCCPR’s presentation at the 2024 Kempe Center International Virtual Conference: A Call to Action to Change ChildWelfare What the cover says How many times have we heard it or read it? I think government can play a huge, constructive role in promoting the well-being of children. Let’s start with safety.
Family members were commonly used instead, with implications for confidentiality. However, it also found that “the lack of information sharing for childwelfare or safeguarding contrasted sharply with well-developed information-sharing processes for immigration control purposes”. Related articles.
There’s lots to link to, but the two journalists who know the Indian ChildWelfare Act – and the case that led up to last week’s decision – best are probably Rebecca Nagle, who produced the This Land podcast about the case – she discusses the decision here – and Nancy Marie Spears of The Imprint , who wrote about the decision here.
Some advocates in Maine have tried to use one data point in the federal governments annual Child Maltreatment report to justify the states ongoing foster-care panic. For those on it, it is alleged, this state will rely on a network of informers to plunder confidential records and spy on any mother they deem high risk.
OVERVIEWS OF FAMILY POLICING FAILURE You hear it from family police agencies (a more accurate term than childwelfare agencies) all the time: We never take children because of poverty alone. Sometimes one small detail from a government document tells a huge story especially when a good reporter adds a little context.
The timing can leave parents reeling and unable to contact government offices with questions or objections: If ACS conducts a removal on a Friday night, for example, a judge will not review it until Monday. And here’s part two , which explains why “permanency” is to childwelfare as “creme" is to food: a fake substitute. ●
Penelope, a childwelfare worker in Texas, sees the compassion fatigue hitting her colleagues. But childwelfare workers are invisible. Aisha, a social worker in the United Kingdom, has made the tough decision to leave her job in the childwelfare courts. She feels guilt.
The family policing establishment (a more accurate term than childwelfare establishment) has not yet taken me up on that, and Im not about to unilaterally disarm. Not cant tell you the confidentiality laws family police agencies hide behind generally are there because the agencies want them there so they can hide their failings.
But due to the weakness of the requirement and the federal government’s lack of enforcement, only a few states make meaningful disclosures in the wake of these horrific events, as documented in a new report. Instead, HHS provided guidance in the form of questions and answers in its ChildWelfare Policy Manual (CWPM).
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