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Oregon’s “child welfare” agency wants to narrow definitions of abuse – but only when THEY are the abuser!

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

In Oregon, "child welfare" has become a pathetic game of whack-a-mole. Looks like lawmakers are about to take another whack. When a state takes away too many children it becomes a sellers market for providers who institutionalize those children. They can set the terms for how theyre regulated. There are two possible solutions to this: Pander to the providers at the expense of the children or stop taking away so many children needlessly.

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Rest Therapies To Reduce Seasonal Affective Disorder Symptoms

The New Social Worker

Rest therapies offer a holistic approach to managing Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), enhancing client well-being, promoting self-care, and providing coping strategies.

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At last, a group of MPs intent on reforming our madly unfair council tax | Heather Stewart

The Guardian

The system relies on valuations from 1991, when Gorbachev was in power, but has become politically untouchable Its a fairness thing. Just the idea that somebody sitting in a two-bedroom house in Hartlepool is paying more council tax than somebody whos living in a mansion its just offensive. The Labour backbencher Jonathan Brash, Hartlepools MP, is on a mission to draw attention to an issue he jokingly calls the third rail of British politics because no mainstream party, including his own, want

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Sara Sharif’s grandfather vows to keep her siblings in Pakistan as vigil held for murdered girl

The Guardian

Hundreds pay respects to 10-year-old as Muhammed Sharif says safest place for his other grandchildren is with him Moves to appeal after court upholds ban on naming judges who presided over Sara Sharif hearings Sara Sharifs grandfather said he will fight to keep her siblings in Pakistan, calling it the safest place for them, as a vigil was held for the murdered 10-year-old in Surrey.

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