Child Welfare Monitor

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

On May 22, 2024, the Senate Finance Committee (SFC) held a hearing entitled “The Family First Prevention Services Act [FFPSA]: Successes, Roadblocks, and Opportunities for Improvement.” The hearing focused on Part I of FFPSA, which is titled “Prevention Activities Under Title IV-E.” In his opening statement, Senator Ron Wyden, the prime author of the Act along with the late Orrin Hatch, recognized that FFPSA has so far not had the anticipated effect. “Six years on,&

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

An extraordinary story by Stephannie Stokes of WABE , the public radio station in Atlanta, is built around one of the most cruel, most odious practices of family policing systems: making parents pay ransom to get their children back. (No, of course they don’t call it that, but when you take someone’s children and make them pay money to get the children back, euphemisms like “child support” only obscure what’s really happening.

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International Federation of Social Workers

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

IFSW is pleased to announce that the Global Standards for Education and Training in Social Work have now been officially translated and made available in Indonesian.

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The New Social Worker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Supporting students with sickle cell disease (SCD) requires a comprehensive approach that addresses their academic, emotional, and social needs. School social workers can implement strategies to build a nurturing environment for students.

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Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Rep. Marc Molinaro (R-NY) Reps. Andrea Salinas (D-OR) and Marc Molinaro (R-NY) on September 12 introduced legislation to help grow the nation’s mental health and behavioral workforce to address a mental health and substance use disorder crisis. The Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery (STAR) Plus Scholarship Act would create a scholarship for students who wish to enter the mental health and behavioral health workforce, including social workers.

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Swhelper

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, rates of chronic absenteeism have nearly doubled across the nation for students in kindergarten through grade 12. This increase was tied to the mode of instruction during the early years of the pandemic.

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CCRC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

A recent meeting between early care and education providers from the San Bernardino region and District Representatives serving the greater San Bernardino area strengthened relationships between individuals and organizations serving families. The Early Care and Education Lunch & Learn event was hosted by CCRC and held at our San Bernardino Office in early September.

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All For Kids

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

All For Kids is honored to have served as a Platinum Sponsor at the California Alliance of Child and Family Services Conference, held September 3-6, 2024, in Rancho Bernardo, CA. This gathering brought together a diverse array of leaders and advocates from the child and family services sector, providing a unique opportunity to collaborate on pressing issues that impact children, families, and communities across the state.

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

In today’s complex healthcare environment, consistently delivering safe, high-quality care is both challenging and necessary. High reliability in healthcare is essential for minimizing errors, improving patient outcomes, and embedding a culture of safety in every aspect of care delivery. Highly-reliable organizations (HROs) work to create an environment in which potential problems are anticipated, detected early, and addressed before catastrophic consequences can occur.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

About the Journal Focus and scope Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk (SWMW) is a professional journal for the social worker. This autonomous, internationally accredited South African open-access, double blind peer-reviewed journal publishes original research, conceptual articles, and book reviews. The Journal’s objective is to provide a platform for theoretical discourses on current issues, challenges, innovations, and advancements within the global social work discipline, alongside the implica

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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.

KVC

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

In recent years, some Kansas children in foster care have ended up sleeping in child welfare offices overnight because there were no relatives, foster homes or care centers available. It’s not just Kansas; it’s happening in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Kentucky, Texas, New Mexico, Illinois, Colorado, and more. Across the U.S., children are also staying in hospital ERs, hotels, and even out-of-state places, and some are experiencing one-night “emergency” placements in foster homes.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. The government will legislate to tackle “profiteering” from children’s care placements in England, a minister has vowed. Children’s minister Janet Daby said that the forthcoming Children’s Wellbeing Bill would strengthen regulation of the sector to “return children’s social care to delivering high quality outcomes for looked after children at a sustainabl

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The aging of the baby boomer generation presents a significant opportunity for the assisted living industry. With 73 million baby boomers expected to be over age 65 by 2030 and the number of those 85 and older projected to double by 2035, the demand for assisted living services is expected to rise significantly. However, capitalizing on this opportunity requires more than just increasing capacity; it involves ensuring that your staff can deliver high-quality care tailored to this population̵

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Children’s Defense Fund

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

As the nation and world commemorate the anniversary of September 11 this week, I remember again that it was a gloriously beautiful morning in Atlanta, Georgia, on September 11, 2001. I saw a glimpse of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s beloved community in his hometown as I attended the first public event of organizations that had joined together to sponsor a breakfast with several hundred Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Baha’i, Buddhist, Hindu, and political and community leaders of every color to affir

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Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

By Sue Coyle More than 650,000 people were experiencing homelessness in the United States on one night in 2023. Those were the results of the 2023 Point-in-Time Count, an annual count of individuals experiencing both sheltered and unsheltered homelessness required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The results showed an increase from the year prior, as more than 70,000 more individuals were counted as compared with 2022.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. The “dire state of social care” is among the reasons that the NHS is in a “critical condition”, a government adviser has warned, in a report designed to provide a blueprint for a 10-year plan for the health service. In a damning report commissioned by health and social care secretary Wes Streeting, Lord (Ara) Darzi said “austerity and a starvation of investment

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Trauma-informed care is a framework for delivering healthcare that acknowledges the profound effects of trauma on individuals’ lives. Its goal is to foster an environment that promotes safety, respect, and empowerment in order to promote healing. Many individuals seeking support have endured traumatic experiences such as abuse, violence, neglect, loss, or oppression, all of which can influence their physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being.

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Children’s Defense Fund

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Significantly more Black and Brown families also continue to suffer from poverty compared to their White peers, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. Media Contact: John Henry, jhenry@childrensdefense.org, CDF Media Relations Manager, 708-646-7679 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The nation’s leaders must dedicate more money toward social supports and government programs that support children and young people, as new U.S.

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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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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Many newspapers have an unfortunate - I would say arrogant -- policy of refusing to even consider op-eds that dissent from their editorials. They will accept only much shorter letters to the editor. In other words: everyone is fair game - except us! Fortunately, the Albuquerque Journal is NOT one of those newspapers. So we thank the Journal for publishing this dissent: The Aug. 25 Sunday Journal editorial “Funds for baby bonds could be better spent on boosting foster care” says “Bold, new approa

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Councils are losing ground to the NHS in the competition for social workers because of their different pay setting arrangements, the Local Government Association has warned. NHS social workers in England have received a 5.5% rise in 2024-25 , compared with an offer of roughly 3-4% for counterparts in the majority of local authorities , a proposal that has prompted ballots for strike action

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The Guardian

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Detailed analysis warns Keir Starmer it will take longer than five years to get waiting times back on track Long delays for hospital, GP and mental health services are leading to thousands of unnecessary deaths and have ruptured “the social contract between the NHS and the people”, an inquiry has concluded. The findings of the study by Lord Ara Darzi, commissioned by Labour when it came to power, will be cited by the prime minister, Keir Starmer, who will on Thursday warn that the NHS has to “re

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. The government has no plans to scrap single-word judgments of local authority adults’ services, despite the decision to ditch the approach for children’s social care. The Local Government Association today urged ministers to end overall ratings of council adult social care performance by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Inspectors are to probe how agencies respond to child victims of domestic abuse. The latest round of joint targeted area inspections (JTAIs) will, in particular, look at how councils, relevant health bodies, the police and probation protect and promote the welfare of unborn children and those aged 0-7.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. The government has vowed to continue with work initiated by its predecessor to tackle workloads among local authority children’s social workers. The Labour administration has also indicated it will continue reforms started by the Conservatives to improve early help for families and boost the recruitment of foster carers.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Four English regions are looking to develop a joint agreement on how their local authorities employ social workers in children’s services. The joint memorandum of co-operation (MoC) would cover the East of England , East Midlands , London and the South East and is being developed by their respective regional improvement and innovation alliances (RIIAs).

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. The Home Office is being inspected on its use of age assessments of unaccompanied asylum seekers, it was announced this week. The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, David Bolt, said he was examining the “efficiency, effectiveness and consistency of age assessments” carried out by the department.

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The Guardian

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Carers UK estimates 600 people a day quit jobs to care for loved ones and calls for review of benefits system More than a million unpaid carers in the UK who look after disabled, frail or ill relatives are living in poverty, with one in 10 experiencing such extreme hardship they struggle to afford to eat regularly or heat their homes, new research shows.

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The Guardian

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Prime minister promises 10-year plan after Darzi report concludes health service in a ‘critical condition’ UK politics live – latest updates Keir Starmer has vowed to be bold and face down “loud opposition” to his planned public health measures and NHS reforms after a major inquiry found the health service was “in critical condition”. The prime minister said he was prepared to take “controversial” action to fix the NHS and public health in England after the findings by the cancer surgeon and for

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The Guardian

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Clemency Jacques is one of 134,500 people repaying £251m in carer’s allowance overpayments An unpaid carer threatened with prosecution for fraud after inadvertently breaching benefit rules has had a £1,300 penalty waived by officials after her case appeared in the Guardian. Clemency Jacques, who cares for her disabled son and elderly mother, said she was given the choice of paying the charge or risking police arrest and a court appearance after running up a £2,600 carer’s allowance overpayment.

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The Guardian

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The prime minister blamed the Tories for ‘breaking’ the NHS and said reform of the service was needed Starmer sets out some of the most negative findings in the report. Take the waiting times in A&A - more than 100,000 infants waited more than six hours last year. And nearly a tenth of all patients are now waiting for 12 hours or more. Even Lord Darzi, with all his years of experience, is shocked by what he discovered.

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