NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2021

At the same time, we also have this huge growth in mutual aid projects … to a large degree able to take control of their own redistribution of wealth to some extent, and able to help their neighbors with everything from providing diapers, clothing and provisions like that to each other as well as services like counseling childcare, things like that.

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Shelter, Inc

DECEMBER 5, 2024

This is especially true for children who have faced extreme circumstances such as abuse, neglect, or loss, often as part of child welfare systems. To address this challenge, Shelter is rolling out a new program to provide mental health counseling services at local schools throughout Chicagoland.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 26, 2024

There are two very important things to know about the process by which a child welfare agency removes a child from a parent and places that child with some other kinship caregiver. The caseworker says: We want to take away your child. And that assumes the child will even come home.

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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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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

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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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

● Think you know all about the cases at the heart of the current challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act? The federal government released its annual Child Maltreatment report. . -- The federal government stepped in with no-strings-attached cash for poor families. The Imprint has a summary.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

AUGUST 30, 2023

Commission on Civil Rights is examining racism in the New York family policing system (a more accurate term than “child welfare” system). The New York Advisory Committee to the U.S. New York’s institutional providers of family defense prepared in-depth written testimony that is a report in itself.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 4, 2022

The end of 2021 brought more outstanding reporting on various dark corners of the “child welfare” system. ? If you tear a child from a parent’s arms, then demand money to give the child back, what’s the right word for the payment? How about TANF as a child welfare slush fund.

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Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Social workers provide counseling and psychotherapy services to patients in recovery. National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare Disrupting Stigma: How Understanding, Empathy, and Connection Can Improve Outcomes for Families Affect by Substance Use and Mental Disorders.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

And here’s part two , which explains why “creme" is to food what “permanency” is to child welfare: a fake substitute. ● Upon release, CPS required him to have his own apartment, job, bedrooms for each of my sisters, parenting classes, counseling, and monitored visits. It all boils down to $$$$$$ I have a blog post about it.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

But in Los Angeles, The Imprint reports , when forced to jump through all sorts of other hoops first, they’ve actually had to pay for the hoops – in other words, these parents, almost all impoverished, had to pay for their own “counseling” “parent education” etc. A new California law may change that.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JULY 25, 2022

Would she call the suspicion “justifiable” were she, at this very moment, making sure the house was spotless in case of a surprise inspection from CPS – in between her mandatory “counseling” and “parent education” classes? Would she feel that way were she fighting to get her child out of foster care? Two trips to the E.R.

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Shelter, Inc

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Ninety percent of youth in the child welfare system report having been exposed to at least one traumatic event in their life. Each traumatic event can cause invisible wounds that can change how a child develops. OCTOBER IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. Many have experienced more.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

That’s what they’ve done with the concept of “primary prevention” – turning it into another excuse to load families down with meaningless “counseling” and “parenting education.” Family policing systems have a way of co-opting and perverting good ideas.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JULY 31, 2024

In New York, it’s illegal to tear children from their homes and throw them into foster care just because they “witnessed domestic violence” – typically a husband or boyfriend beating the child’s mother. NCCPR’s Vice President was co-counsel for the plaintiffs.)

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All For Kids

MARCH 10, 2025

FRC services vary by location but may include parent education, counseling, case management, referral services, and more. They include classes and workshops on topics such as child development, effective communication, and positive discipline. Reduced involvement with the child welfare system.

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Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Social workers provide counseling and psychotherapy services to patients in recovery. National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare Disrupting Stigma: How Understanding, Empathy, and Connection Can Improve Outcomes for Families Affect by Substance Use and Mental Disorders.

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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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Social Work Haven

MAY 14, 2023

There are a wide range of job positions available in various settings, including healthcare, education, mental health, government agencies, private practice, counseling centers, research organisations and more. Counsellor/Therapist – In this role, social workers provide counselling and therapy to individuals and families.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Counsellor : They provide counselling and emotional support to individuals and families facing a wide range of challenges, including mental health issues, addiction, and crisis situations. You may also provide direct services, such as counselling or case management, to clients or their families.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 20, 2025

So heres the first question of a two-question pop quiz: The next few paragraphs are from a news story about the lawsuit and if anything illustrates why family police agency is a more accurate term than child welfare agency, its these next few paragraphs. in which the [child welfare agency] citing concerns about A.V.s

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Beyond Advocacy

JULY 30, 2024

She was a prodigious child welfare scholar whose research focused on early childhood well-being in the United States and countries in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Craigen counseled hundreds of social work students and social workers during his lifetime. from 1979 until her retirement.

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KVC

OCTOBER 27, 2021

This free download, Quick Assessment: Does My Child or Teen Need Professional Help? will provide you with 10 questions that will help you decide if your child would benefit from counseling or therapy. The post 5 Reasons Children Bully and How Parents Can Help appeared first on KVC Health Systems.

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Child Welfare Monitor

OCTOBER 14, 2024

These two young people had something in common–a long history of neglect (and sometimes abuse) by their parents and a failure to intervene by child welfare services despite multiple reports that children were in danger. But they were given no counseling or assistance with school, according to Pro Publica.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

APRIL 18, 2024

They’re putting in monitors to stop the child abuse at Home of the Innocents – abuse exposed in this story from the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting. The new center is just another “counseling” and “parent education” program. No such luck.

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All For Kids

MARCH 10, 2025

Provide them with a detailed account of your observations and concerns about the childs safety, follow their instructions, and cooperate fully during the investigation process. Child Protective Services (CPS): Research the contact information for the local CPS office or child welfare agency.

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Social Work Haven

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Why Social Work Is Essential for Supporting Victims of Abuse: This article covers the essential role social workers play in supporting victims of abuse, including assisting with safety planning, connecting them to support services and providing psychological counseling. Counselling clients to make informed decisions that affect their lives.

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KVC

JANUARY 11, 2024

But with learned coping and resiliency skills, necessary substance treatment, counseling or therapy and other trauma-informed support, families can begin healing their generational trauma , break the cycle and stay together. How KVC Helps Families Stay Together Trauma often repeats itself through generations.

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Social Work Haven

APRIL 16, 2023

Direct practice involves working with individuals or families to address their specific needs, such as providing counselling or therapy services. Child Welfare Information Gateway. Systemic Theory and Practice in Child Welfare Services: An Overview of the Components of Systemic Practice. Retrieved from [link] 2.

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Child Welfare Monitor

MARCH 16, 2025

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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All For Kids

AUGUST 12, 2024

As the Human Rights Campaign explains, “Public child welfare agencies are government entities that provide a safety net for families. in Psychology and a Master of Counseling from California State, Los Angeles. The post How to Adopt a Child: What You Need to Know About the Adoption Process appeared first on All For Kids.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2022

It crops up over and over when there’s any story about what family police agencies (a more accurate term than “child welfare” agencies) do to families. There aren’t enough beds for little guys that need this level of care, and the child welfare system has to kind of figure out ‘how can we do the best with what we have?’”

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2021

– runs so deep, it apparently never occurs to Rosenberg (or the Times ) that the problem might be that a lot of prevention money goes to the wrong places: largely help that makes the helpers feel good, such as “counseling” and “parent education,” instead of concrete help to deal with poverty.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 6, 2022

Maine's first child welfare ombudsman, Dean Crocker, understood the lessons from the tragic death of Logan Marr, who was taken when her family poverty was confused with "neglect" and killed in foster care. For starters, Maine should join the many states in which child welfare court hearings are open.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Was that the intent of this poll done by Harris for a group calling itself the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) as part of its new child welfare initiative? There is no mention of seeking to recapture the spirit of the Indian Child Welfare Act. I don’t know. But some of the questions sure sound like push polling.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Dorothy Roberts , who explains: “A promising trend that this lawsuit is part of is recognizing that enforcing parents’ constitutional rights is critical to an approach to child welfare that truly benefits children. NCCPR Board Members served as co-counsel for plaintiffs in both those suits.)

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