NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MARCH 17, 2025

When NCCPR released a comprehensive report on Colorado child welfare in September 2023, we included a section called Tapeworm in the System. Its about Colorados love affair with the worst form of care for children group homes and institutions. At the time, we noted that, as of 2021, Colorado was using them at a rate 33% above the national average. By 2022, use of group homes had fallen, but Colorado was using the worst of the worst, institutions at a rate 40% above the national average.

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Center for Child Protection

MARCH 17, 2025

Earlier this month, our very own Cyndi Cantu, Chief Team Relations & Forensics Officer, travelled from Texas to Illinois to speak at the Champions of Children Conference , hosted by the Childrens Advocacy Centers of Illinois. It was a full-circle momentan opportunity to share what shes learned in the field with other child advocacy professionals who are just as passionate about protecting kids as we are.

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Community Care

MARCH 17, 2025

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has set out lessons from the first tranche of assessments of local authority adults’ services since it resumed performance checks in December 2023. It said that support for carers was in need of improvement, while authorities also needed to enhance their understanding of population equality and diversity issues and use of data, though reablement was an area of strength.

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The New Social Worker

MARCH 17, 2025

Social workers are vital in bridging generational gaps in a world where disconnection is common. Rising independence and isolation threaten societal cohesion.

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Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

Do you really know your donors? Not just what they give, but who they are? 👥 In this interactive session, we’ll break down how nonprofits can use behavioral indicators (affinity, recency, frequency, and monetary value) to build prospecting segments that go beyond wealth screening and actually align with donor identity. You’ll walk away with practical strategies to move beyond basic demographics and cultivate supporters based on how they already engage with you!

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Community Care

MARCH 17, 2025

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. The representation of Black social workers in the children’s services workforce in English councils halves between the front line and management, Department for Education (DfE) data has shown. There is also a drop-off in the proportion of Asian practitioners and those from mixed or multiple ethnic groups at senior levels, compared with the front line, according to the figures, which d

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International Federation of Social Workers

MARCH 17, 2025

Greetings to all our members and wishing you all a wonderful World Social Work Day. This is the first of regular Briefings for IFSW Europe members.

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