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Colin and Colt Gray: TMZ Maylia Sotelo: Fox 11 A fourteen-year-old boy and a fifteen-year-old girl are charged as adults, one for a mass shooting and the other for selling a fentanyl tablet that killed an older teenager. These two young people had something in common–a long history of neglect (and sometimes abuse) by their parents and a failure to intervene by child welfare services despite multiple reports that children were in danger.
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Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. This year’s local government pay deal has been agreed after the biggest union failed to gain a sufficient mandate to take effective strike action. UNISON said it had agreed to employers’ pay offer to staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland for 2024-25 because of a relatively low turnout in its ballot for industrial action.
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The MacArthur Foundation has announced its new class of Fellows, the recipients of what are commonly called the “Genius Awards.” Among the recipients is Dorothy Roberts, the self-styled popularizer of the term “racial disproportionality” and creator of the term “the family policing system.” According to the Director of the Program , “The 2024 MacArthur Fellows pursue rigorous inquiry with aspiration and purpose.
The MacArthur Foundation has announced its new class of Fellows, the recipients of what are commonly called the “Genius Awards.” Among the recipients is Dorothy Roberts, the self-styled popularizer of the term “racial disproportionality” and creator of the term “the family policing system.” According to the Director of the Program , “The 2024 MacArthur Fellows pursue rigorous inquiry with aspiration and purpose.
Back to Blogs Community Blog October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month CDHS makes child support services safer for domestic violence survivors October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Domestic Violence Awareness Month is an opportunity for us to uplift the voices of survivors and supporters and engage in a national conversation about domestic violence to help change the narrative on this important topic.
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ENGAGE Program Manager Fatima Salman, MSW ’15, has been appointed Vice President of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW). Previously, Salman was president of the NASW Michigan Chapter and chair of the NASW Council of Chapter Presidents. “I am excited to step into the role of vice president of this very critical organization that serves all social workers in the country,” said Salman.
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. The £600m for social care announced in today’s Budget risks being swallowed up by wage and employer tax increases, leaving little or nothing to address spending pressures, sector leaders have warned. Both council and adult care provider bodies sounded the alarm over the impact of next year’s 6.7% rise in the national living wage (NLW) – which will benefit many thousands of
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