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Seven children and all she needed was a van: large families and the blindness of the child welfare establishment

Child Welfare Monitor

Reed explained the Indiana Family Preservation Services (IFPS) model requires that “concrete support be provided to families when not doing so would result in children having to come into foster care.” There is something strange about this example.

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What are the 10 Roles of Social Workers

Social Work Haven

Community Organizer : Social workers may organise and mobilise communities to address social issues, promote social justice, and create positive change. Therapist : Clinical social workers provide therapy to individuals, couples, and families, addressing mental health and emotional challenges.

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Scholarship Recipients 2022

University of Connecticut

After my MSW, my goal is to work in the criminal justice system, practicing social work in a juvenile detention center. I have always been passionate about criminal justice reform and lowering our country’s recidivism rate through rehabilitative practices. Charlotte M. Kinlock Endowment Fund in Social Work.

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Children with Parents Behind Bars

Beyond Advocacy

It had been the subject of her dissertation titled In the Best Interest of the Family: The Outcomes of Children in Foster Care with an Incarcerated Parent and the Adverse Implications of the Adoptions and Safe Families Act. Angelique Day, her former professor at Wayne State University.