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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

These families frequently consist of mothers with children by multiple fathers, with both parents often suffering from mental illness and/or drug abuse, and domestic violence is commonly present.

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The fundamental misconception at the heart of the Family First Act

Child Welfare Monitor

States had other sources of federal reimbursement for these programs, such as Title IV-B, the Social Services Block Grant, and TANF. But above all, these services were funded by Medicaid, a federal entitlement program that receives the same federal match as Title IV-E.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending November 8, 2022

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Supporting those families financially and with social services, rather than removing the child, would reduce caseloads significantly and allow workers to focus on the cases that really require intervention. ?

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Social worker talks about importance of self-care in self-published book

Social Work Blog

Self-care is important to social workers and in fact the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics included the importance of self-care when it was updated this year. That experience prompted her to write a book to help other social workers. Do you see any agencies doing this?

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“Maybe we're just too damn intrusive": Tracing the take-the-child-and-run mentality that has endangered Massachusetts children for more than a century

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Whenever anyone in state government was asked about the problems in the state’s “child welfare” system they’d give the same stock answer: As soon as the new Department of Social Services was up and running, and took over jobs then done by the Department of Public Welfare, everything would be fine!

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The good news: A public radio station in Kansas City talked to the right people for a "child welfare" story. The bad news: They still missed the point

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Getting down to cases The story begins this way: Shayla Curts, 22, had been living at Newhouse KC, a domestic violence shelter in Kansas City, Missouri, for several months after the birth of her second child. She said it gave her a safe place to breast feed her infant and care for her 4-year-old while trying to get back on her feet.

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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. TRENDING CONTENT ON SOCIAL WORK HAVEN What is the main role of a social worker? What skills does a social worker need?