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Colorado task force’s solution to stop children from running from residential treatment: Fence ‘em in & lock ‘em up!

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

The task force says a consultant should draw up the tool and determine how the information obtained from the tools may be used to adjust a treatment plan for the child or youth while they are in out-of-home care. Even more restrictions, more onerous treatment for any child the assessment tool thinks might run away?

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What are the 10 Roles of Social Workers

Social Work Haven

Child Welfare 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. Upon completion of the assessment, you will be better equipped to collaboratively develop a treatment plan tailored to your client’s unique needs.

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Undermining Black families in Indiana: It's already bad, proposed legislation would make everything even worse

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

A shockingly high proportion of those investigations lead to foster care. Among other things, they want to let those nice white, middle-class foster parents go to court on their own and try to take you and keep you forever or at least as long as they feel like it. She was taken from her parents only to die in foster care.