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What Does KVC Stand For?

KVC

KVC’s Positive Impact Grows Nationally During the 1980-90s, KVC grew to represent one of the broadest child welfare and behavioral healthcare continuums of care in the nation. We work locally, one child, family and community at a time, while also influencing the fields of child welfare and mental health nationally.

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What are the 10 Roles of Social Workers

Social Work Haven

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. Therapist : Clinical social workers provide therapy to individuals, couples, and families, addressing mental health and emotional challenges.

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A fundamental conflict: addressing implicit bias in mandatory reporter training

Child Welfare Monitor

by Marie Cohen Recognizing implicit bias in mandated reporting training is a national focus for addressing racial inequity in child welfare. The video introducing the section explains that implicit bias harms “families of color” in the child welfare system, without providing any evidence of such harm.

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A jumble of standards: How state and federal authorities have underestimated child maltreatment fatalities

Child Welfare Monitor

Administration for Children and Families, are based on data that states submit to the National Child Abuse and Neglect (NCANDS) data system. The latest report, Child Maltreatment 2022 (CM2022), provides data for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2022, which ended on September 30, 2022.