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by Patty Flores I am grateful to be publishing this essay by a gifted and needed young voice in the childwelfare space. She spent half of her life in foster care, struggling with substanceabuse. Also silenced are our allies, who are shamed for wanting to pursue a career in childwelfare.
States have been hard-put to devise plans for implementing the new services because the bill was designed to fix a problem that did not exist–the alleged absence of childwelfare services designed to help families stay together. ” As the ChildWelfare Information Gateway, an information clearinghouse of the U.S.
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by Marie Cohen This post was originally published on ChildWelfare Monitor DC on December 9, 2024. Because I rarely post on that site, I am letting it expire and will include future DC-focused posts on ChildWelfare Monitor. Thus, the increase in referrals may well be a sign of increasing maltreatment.
Taking a child under those circumstances causes the child even more trauma than taking the child for other reasons – that’s one reason it’s illegal to do it in New York. According to the story, Toscano’s husband was also cited for substanceabuse, according to DCF records she shared with the Globe.
Supporters of the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA), which passed in 2018, said that declining foster care counts would result from providing support to parents who needed help to address the problems (like substanceabuse, mental illness and poor parenting skills) that led to their maltreatment of their children.
The reports were careful, nuanced assessments – far better than what’s spewed forth from certain politicians, and the state’s childwelfare “ombudsman.” Those last 11 paragraphs are an indirect reminder of how, in less than 25 years, Maine childwelfare went from national scandal to national model to national disgrace.
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KVC’s Positive Impact Grows Nationally During the 1980-90s, KVC grew to represent one of the broadest childwelfare 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 childwelfare and mental health nationally.
We need to apply the Betty Ford standard to all parents with substanceabuse issues. And where there really is a danger, the solution is giving those other parents a small fraction of the resources Betty Ford had. If only someone in Arizona had thought of that, Jakob Blodgett might be alive today.
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Perhaps even more importantly, parents hope their own child doesn’t become the aggressor and want to understand the reasons children bully. Words can hurt. We see the impact of that as bullies and those they bully are twice as likely to self-harm and experience suicidal behavior.
Family Integrity and Justice Works , the group started by two former top federal childwelfare officials, is publishing a quarterly magazine. At long last, it appears America’s racial justice reckoning might be starting to reach childwelfare. ? We begin this week not just with one story but with an entire magazine.
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. Therapist : Clinical social workers provide therapy to individuals, couples, and families, addressing mental health and emotional challenges.
It covers topics such as helping elderly individuals access benefits, understanding age-related illnesses, addressing elder abuse and developing end-of-life plans. Addressing substanceabuse and addiction issues. Delays in referral processes Addressing mental health needs in a variety of settings.
My personal experiences, from working with substanceabuse support groups to volunteering in childwelfare and domestic violence programs, have deepened my understanding of the vital role social workers play in our society.
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Those with mental health concerns, substanceabuse, or disabilities. Juveniles in the childwelfare system. Victims: While anyone can be a victim, the most vulnerable are the most at risk, such as: Children not old enough to understand. Runaway or homeless youth. Youths with low self-esteem.
Those with mental health concerns, substanceabuse, or disabilities. Juveniles in the childwelfare system. Victims: While anyone can be a victim, the most vulnerable are the most at risk, such as: Children not old enough to understand. Runaway or homeless youth. Youths with low self-esteem.
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But treating the decline in foster care (the direct result of government actions) as a desirable outcome in itself can contribute to a disregard of actual childwelfare outcomes like safety and permanency. How did DCYF reduce foster care by nearly 50 percent? Sometimes the providers refused to cooperate.
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Americas massive childwelfare surveillance state was built on horror stories. Thats why weve long extended an offer to the fearmongers in the childwelfare establishment: a mutual moratorium on using horror stories to "prove anything. A system that attempts to make policy-by-horror-story makes all children less safe.
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