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In West Virginia, the bad bills keep on coming

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

But apparently he can fathom institutionalizing them in shelters because hes introduced a bill to require the state family police agency (a more accurate term than child welfare agency) on its own or through a contract, a central reception center and emergency resource homes for foster children for up to 72 hours.

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Shelter Confronts Child Welfare Inequity

Shelter, Inc

The harsh reality is not all children are represented equally in the child welfare system, nor do they have equal outcomes. The same discrimination is also applied to children’s religion, gender, ethnicity, geographic location, poverty, disabilities, and more. ?Why? Follow our newsletter and social media for progress updates!

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Hawaii family police agency sinks to misrepresentation and blackmail - and that’s just how they treat the State Legislature!

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

It happens to foster youth who are entitled to Social Security Disability or Survivor benefits. Only in a system as morally bankrupt as “child welfare” could it be considered acceptable to make children pay an allowance to their substitute parents. It might be legal – though even that is a gray area.

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

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

They were afraid of social services,” a parent with disabilities (one of the groups most vulnerable to family policing), told The Colorado Sun. With the Indian Child Welfare Act facing a challenge before the U.S. ● “When my kids were growing up, they weren’t afraid of the bogeyman.

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CDHS honors five Colorado families in celebration of National Foster Care Month

CO4Kids

When families step up, it means children and youth have a chance to feel safe and supported in a loving home, said Joe Homlar, director of the Division of Child Welfare for CDHS. Theyre particularly skilled at working with youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities and behavioral challenges.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending April 11, 2023

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

● “Which would be worse,” asks Jasmine Wali, director of policy & advocacy at JMAC for Families, in this story for The Nation : “being beaten by your partner, or having social services take away your children? That’s the choice facing many parents I’ve worked with as a social worker, and the answer is always the same.

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Dr. Cristina Mogro-Wilson Named Editor-in-Chief of Families in Society Journal

University of Connecticut

Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services has been a core journal in social work research for over 100 years. The PRLSP has been referenced and used as a model in various arenas such as the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) and different social work programs throughout the nation.