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No, 1,000 Texas children won’t die if the state replaces anonymous reporting with confidential reporting

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

A bill to replace anonymous reporting with confidential reporting has passed the Texas Legislature. I have written often about how the entire debate over what to do about child welfare has been poisoned by “health terrorism,” the misrepresentation of the true nature and scope of a problem in the name of “raising awareness.”

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Navigating AI in Social Work Education

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

He researches technology and child welfare and enjoys integrating emerging technologies in the classroom and as a field instructor. Whether policies are conservative or liberal, the goal is to use AI responsibly while ensuring confidentiality and ethics. (We Todd Sage , Ph.D., Melanie Sage , Ph.D.,

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The two questions reporters covering child welfare in NYC should always ask

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Police officers and child welfare caseworkers were ordering a woman to open her front door. Here’s how ProPublica describes one encounter: It was 5:30 a.m. Flashlights beamed in through the windows of the ground-floor apartment in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. When she did, the first thing she saw was that the police had their guns drawn.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending May 3, 2022

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Roberts discusses her book, and racism in child welfare with Marc Lamont Hill And here with Ali Velshi on MSNBC: ? It seems like a week doesn’t go by without some “child welfare” agency announcing an initiative that supposedly will make family policing kinder and gentler. Velshi refers to Prof. You can read that story here. ?

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September is National Recovery Month: Supporting the Journey to Recovery 

Social Work Blog

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. Online Tutorials , for Substance Use Treatment Professionals, Child Welfare Professionals and Legal Professionals.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending March 7, 2023

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

KDVR-TV reports on a bill that would replace anonymous reporting with confidential reporting. ● With the Indian Child Welfare Act facing a challenge before the U.S. . ● Another key problem with child abuse reporting: allowing people to report with total anonymity. That, too, is under scrutiny in Colorado.

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Deep in the heartless of Texas

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Two cases illustrate the need for those good, bipartisan "child welfare" laws the Texas Legislature has been passing lately. The story also quoted a state legislator opposed to a new Texas law that, in most cases, replaces anonymous reporting of alleged child abuse and neglect with confidential reporting.