Gateway Foundation

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The holiday season can be a time of joy, togetherness, and celebration, but for those struggling with substance use or mental health disorders, it can also be a difficult and isolating time. If you have a loved one who is facing these struggles, its important to offer support with empathy, understanding, and care. Here are a few ways you can support them during the holidays: Be Present Often, the best thing you can do is simply be there for your loved one.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2024

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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Social Work Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2024

By Andrea Cooper Intimate partner violence remains a persistent scourge in American culture. Its hard to determine how frequently it occurs, given survivors fear of reporting. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates roughly 41% of women and 26% of men in the U.S. have experienced sexual violence, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner.

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Nnatasha Tracy

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Looking for a meaningful last-minute gift? Discover the top-rated mental health charities that make a real impact. Whether you're honoring someone special or simply want to give back, these organizations are doing incredible work to support mental health and serious mental illness. Learn how your donation can make a difference today.

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National Casa Gal

DECEMBER 19, 2024

2024 has been a year of building and progress, thanks to the commitment of staff, volunteers, and supporters like you across our nation. Read More. The post 2024 MilestonesThe Year in Review appeared first on National CASA/GAL Association for Children.

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Children’s Defense Fund

DECEMBER 20, 2024

By Marian Wright Edelman In many homes, this is the height of a long-anticipated season of celebrations, surprises, light, and joy. It is also a moment when many people across faiths are taking extra time to consider how they can share joy with others, especially children. Even as millions of people are preparing to celebrate the birth of a poor, homeless child threated by Herods violence whom Christians call Savior, there are fears about new threats to children and young people in our own land.

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Center for Child Protection

DECEMBER 18, 2024

On a beautiful, warm November day in Austin, the Center for Child Protection hosted its 3rd annual Family Resource Festival – a vibrant celebration that proved it truly takes a village to create a thriving, supportive community. Held on November 16th, the event provided families with a unique opportunity to connect with local organizations, discover valuable services, and network with one another.

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Beyond Advocacy

DECEMBER 16, 2024

From left: CRISP Director Charles E. Lewis, Jr, CSWE CEO Dr. Halaevalu Vakalahi, Rep. Barbara Lee, Rep. Sylvia Garcia, NASW CEO Dr. Anthony Estreet.

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CCRC

DECEMBER 17, 2024

As we finish up our personal holiday shopping, all those gifts for friends and family need to be wrapped. But many people dont know that most wrapping paper is not recyclable because its made of multiple materials, like paper and plastic. It takes too much energy to recover the paper fibers, so this material is thrown away. This adds up to about 2.3 million pounds of wrapping paper in U.S. landfills each year, according to an article by Green Peace.

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University of Connecticut

DECEMBER 20, 2024

9 am – 12 pm Instructor: Jennifer Berton, PhD, LICSW, CADC-II This workshop seeks to help social work supervisors to support staff working with children and families in crisis using various supervision models. Supervisors will learn to guide their staff in assessing the diverse needs, strengths, and limitations of their clients. The workshop will also explore techniques to support staff in ethical practice and effective communication with children, family members and family groups.

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Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

Center for Child Protection

DECEMBER 18, 2024

As the season of giving kicks off, two dedicated youth ambassadors from the Loving Library brought warmth and joy to the Center for Child Protection, donating 100-200 books from their recent drive as well as a custom-built bookshelf. During their visit, ambassadors Deven Kancherla, 14, and Yuvraj Desai, 10, not only assembled the bookshelf but also added thoughtful touches like cozy pillows to create an inviting reading nook for children in the Centers play area.

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American Board of Clinical Social Work

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The theoretical foundations, structure and techniques of Neurodynamic Couples Therapy provide built-in motivators that enhance a couples desire to stay in treatment. Those primary motivators arehope, respectand mutualunderstanding. Most people who seek mental health treatment are experiencing some level of hopelessness, so it logically follows that all good treatment should provide hope for improvement.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. An extra 200m for social care in next year’s council finance settlement is “wholly inadequate” to tackle additional costs facing adults’ services, sector leaders have warned. The government pledged to increase the social care grant – which is ring-fenced for adults’ and children’s services in England – by 880m, in its provisional local governm

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University of Connecticut

DECEMBER 19, 2024

All therapists want to be exceptional, and this workshop can show you how Across all helping professions, research shows that techniques dont lead to better outcomes. Have you ever wondered why the DSM doesnt guide treatment more effectively? And, what explains why some therapists are better than others if it isnt the theory theyre using? Control-mastery Theory, emerging from decades of elegant research, can help answer these questions and provides ways to understand how therapy works across tec

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The Guardian

DECEMBER 18, 2024

As late as the 1990s, the law sided with fathers over custody on the basis of a womans sexuality. I detailed the scandal for Radio 4, and was shocked at the cruelty involved I am more than just aware of the faint outlines of queer history it is something I see in Technicolour. I immerse myself in lesbian books, films and art, and have written all sorts of articles about contemporary lesbianism.

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Social Care

DECEMBER 18, 2024

As 2024 draws to a close, lets reflect on what a year it has been. The work that colleagues across adult social care have done this year has been phenomenal. Millions of people have benefited from dedicated professionals who work tirelessly to support people who draw on care and support to reach their potential and live their lives to the full. I have been especially inspired by the care colleagues I have met during my visits throughout the year.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Councils and partner agencies are to be required to establish multi-agency child protection teams, under legislation to overhaul children’s social care. The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill would also allow for the regulation of agency work in children’s social care and the creation of a new type of placement in which a child could be deprived of liberty.

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The Child and Family Corp

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Key takeaways for caregivers Parental separation, including the separation of co-habiting couples or the legal divorce of married couples with children, often has negative effects on childrens emotional experiences and behavior. This is the case for children as well as for adolescents. However, parental separation is not universally disruptive for children.

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Speaker: Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW.

You may have the clinical skills to manage a private practice, but your success could actually hinge on marketing skills. For a thriving practice, you need to differentiate yourself from others and present yourself in a way that attracts referrals. These days, much of that happens online, including on social media. In this webinar, Gary Direnfeld will discuss how social media marketing can help you build your private practice and grow your client base.

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The Guardian

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Judge says killers home schooled Sara as a ruse to hide evidence of 10-year-olds repeated beatings A senior judge who jailed the killers of Sara Sharif has said the 10-year-olds murder starkly illustrates the dangers of parents automatically being able to home school their children. Sara had twice been pulled out of school by her father, Urfan Sharif, and stepmother, Beinash Batool, as a ruse adopted for wholly selfish purposes to cover up evidence of her repeated beatings.

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CCRC

DECEMBER 18, 2024

It takes a lot of holiday help to make CCRCs annual Adopt a Family event come to life. Every year, we make the holidays merry and bright for thousands of children and families in our local community. Were grateful to the local businesses that host toy collection bins on our behalf. One business thats hosted bins for CCRC is Grocery Outlet, which collected toys for the third year in a row.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Third of three parts. Read the full series here. There is an odious practice in the residential treatment industry known in that industry as creaming as in skimming the cream. Heres how it works: First, the residential treatment providers justify their existence, the enormous harm they do to children and the astounding waste of taxpayer dollars, by claiming theres no other choice: The children supposedly are so very, very difficult and have so many problems that no family could possibly handle

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The Guardian

DECEMBER 15, 2024

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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The Guardian

DECEMBER 14, 2024

The murdered girl had been allowed to live with her father, who had repeatedly attracted the attention of police and social workers Moves to appeal after court upholds ban on naming judges who presided over Sara Sharif hearings An inexperienced social worker tasked by a local authority with assessing Sara Sharifs parents did not identify her father as posing any risk despite noting safeguarding concerns.

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The Guardian

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Cross-party buy-in is essential. This cannot be a government-only solution, writes Paul Burstow The deep reform that social care needs ( Editorial, 3 December ) must break the cycle of short-term fixes and insufficient funding, which leaves the sector in a perpetual state of uncertainty forever playing the role of Oliver Twist asking for more, yet lacking long-term security.

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The Guardian

DECEMBER 20, 2024

When she was six, Sara complained that her mother hit her, but that her father and stepmother, who were convicted of her murder, didnt Sara Sharif told a social worker she felt safe living with her father and stepmother because they dont hit me, four years before she died from their brutal campaign of torture. The schoolgirls haunting words are buried in hundreds of pages of private family court papers that were disclosed after an application by media organisations, including the Guardian.

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The Guardian

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Readers on the death of the 10-year-old girl at the hands of her father and stepmother and the grave weaknesses in the child protection system The death of Sara Sharif yet again highlights failures to properly assess risk and protect children ( What were the missed chances to prevent Sara Sharifs death?, 11 December ). But what will we learn from it?

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CCRC

DECEMBER 17, 2024

After moving to Los Angeles in 2002, away from her support system, a mother of two struggled to find child care. This led to a domino effect of hardships, including homelessness for a short but devastating period of time. The first three years of my [first sons life], it was a struggle, said Tashebia Guyton. That struggle to make ends meet came to an end when she received a tip to connect with CCRC that would change her and her familys lives.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Citing multiple examples of needless removal of children from the homes of disabled parents, the U.S. Department of Justice has accused Arizonas family police agency of repeatedly violating the federal Americans with Disabilities Act. The allegation was unfounded. The children were never removed. But still, a false allegation of educational neglect caused so much trauma that it destroyed a struggling family.

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The Guardian

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Ten-year-old was murdered by her father and stepmother after being taken out of school to be educated at home Measures to tighten up home schooling in England in the wake of 10-year-old Sara Sharifs murder at the hands of her father and stepmother are to be unveiled in a bill before parliament on Tuesday. The childrens wellbeing and schools bill will enable the government to introduce registers to identify and keep track of children not in school, while parents seeking to educate their child at

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The Guardian

DECEMBER 15, 2024

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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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The Oregon State Capitol Second of three parts. Read part one here. Faced with an artificial shortage of foster homes caused by the fact that Oregon still tears apart families at a rate well above the national average (which is, itself, too high), the Oregon family police agency, the Department of Human Services, and Gov. Tina Kotek have decided the best answer is to loosen the already minimal rules concerning abuse of children in foster care, especially group homes and institutions.

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