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Child Welfare FAQs Regarding Family Detention or Deportation

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Back to Blogs Community Blog Child Welfare FAQs Regarding Family Detention or Deportation click to Download information in pdf The following information is not legal advice or guidance. If the family doesnt have a protection plan and there are no identified caregivers, a school or others will make a referral to the county.

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In child welfare, where do ethics reviews come from?

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

A document from the California Department of Social Services indicates the agency was appropriately appalled by the “ethics review.” An excellent story in The Imprint reveals that, after extensive consultation with an impressive and diverse group of people, the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has pulled the plug.

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Rules curbing councils’ use of agency social workers to come into force

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Changes to price cap plans Following consultation on the statutory guidance, at the start of 2024, the DfE has made further changes to the plans. The DfE subsequently confirmed that councils would be able to breach regional price caps , though would need to report all such breaches to the department.

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

Child Welfare Monitor

States may use restrictive definitions, fail to consult all available sources, or decide not to investigate or substantiate some maltreatment related deaths. SLED investigates all “preventable” cases and refers its findings to the Department of Social Services. per 100,000 children.

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NCCPR family preservation news and commentary round-up for the year 2023, Part Two

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

. ● Tearing apart families because of foster-care panic is common; admitting that’s why you’re doing it is not. But this story from WitnessLA includes the case of a Los Angeles mother who was investigated by the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services but initially allowed to keep her children.