NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 6, 2022

Maine's first child welfare ombudsman, Dean Crocker, understood the lessons from the tragic death of Logan Marr, who was taken when her family poverty was confused with "neglect" and killed in foster care. For starters, Maine should join the many states in which child welfare court hearings are open.

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KVC

JULY 20, 2021

If you are wondering what mental health and child welfare services KVC provides and in which areas, this guide is for you! Get ready to learn how you or others can take advantage of KVC’s child and family services. It’s important to note that KVC does not have the same mix of services in each state.

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Relias

JULY 5, 2023

In each of those periods, the child welfare system saw a significant increase in the number of children moved into foster care. During these past epidemics, the child welfare and foster care systems became completely overwhelmed. However, there is some hope in the form of federal assistance for the child welfare system.

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KVC

APRIL 18, 2024

KVC’s Positive Impact Grows Nationally During the 1980-90s, KVC grew to represent one of the broadest child welfare and behavioral healthcare continuums of care in the nation. We work locally, one child, family and community at a time, while also influencing the fields of child welfare and mental health nationally.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MARCH 27, 2022

Maine’s equivalent of the GAO falls for the Big Lie of American child welfare – and the Disney version of how the system works There are many reasons five-year-old Logan Marr died in 2001. But there was another reason: Maine’s embrace of the Big Lie of American child welfare. Source: U.S. Emphasis added.]

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Gupta Kagan, a lawyer, joins with a social worker, Andrea Asnes, and a doctor who authored the definitive history of the modern child welfare surveillance state, Dr. Mical Raz, to offer guidelines for clinicians to answer this question “Should I Call Child Protection.”

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

As a care professional in the human services industry, you’re most likely familiar with the common risk factors and warning signs for suicide, but there are other important factors to consider, like social determinants of health (SDOH) which play a large role in substance use disorders (SUDs) and depression.

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Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

African American Leadership: An Empowerment Tradition in Social Welfare History by Iris B. The book discusses the birth of social welfare activities, both informal and formal, and introduces founding members of organizations such as the National Urban League and the National Association of Colored Women. Carlton-LaNey, Editor.

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Social Work Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

The Global Agenda, developed by the International Federation of Social Workers, the International Association of Schools of Social Work, and the International Council on Social Welfare, calls for multilevel responses to concerns such as forced migration, air pollution, ecoanxiety, and food and water insecurity.

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Social Work Blog

AUGUST 1, 2022

43 Essential Policies for Human Services Professionals , by Gerald V. This thought-provoking and reader-friendly text prepares students for class engagement, lobbying activities, meeting with legislators, and serving their local communities.

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Social Work Blog

AUGUST 1, 2023

The Global Agenda, developed by the International Federation of Social Workers, the International Association of Schools of Social Work, and the International Council on Social Welfare, calls for multilevel responses to concerns such as forced migration, air pollution, ecoanxiety, and food and water insecurity.

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Relias

JUNE 22, 2022

It was wonderful to have such great participation and audience engagement from those in attendance. Last month, I had the privilege of partnering with Relias to facilitate a webinar entitled: Co-Parenting Building Blocks To Promote Children’s Mental Health and Development.

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Relias

JUNE 22, 2023

Many times, clients will begin to recognize that when they engage in certain activities (e.g., Concurrently, CBT-based interventions emphasize the importance of identifying activities that lead to neutral or positive feelings. exercising or talking to friends), negative feelings decrease.

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Social Work Haven

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In March 1973, the panel also advised the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) (now known as the Department of Health and Human Services) to instruct the USPHS to provide all necessary medical care for the survivors of the study.

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Relias

JANUARY 31, 2023

Parents and caregivers spend hours every day with their children engaging in routines and activities that are typical for their individual families. They play a key role in generalizing the skills gained during ABA sessions into their daily lives.

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Social Work Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Title IV-E agencies are tribes and state agencies that utilize Title IV-E funds to provide foster care service. Background There are calls to change the child welfare system to promote better outcomes for children. What does This Mean for Child Welfare Social Workers? Kinship care and the child welfare system.

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Shelter, Inc

APRIL 22, 2024

has achieved national accreditation through COA Accreditation, a service of Social Current. is a child welfare agency that works to end the cycle of child abuse and neglect through comprehensive and community-based services for children and families at risk and in need. s programs, services, management, and administration.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2024

OVERVIEWS OF FAMILY POLICING FAILURE You hear it from family police agencies (a more accurate term than child welfare agencies) all the time: We never take children because of poverty alone. Thats why this post to the NCCPR Child Welfare Blog is called All the failures of family policing in a single case - and it's not an unusual case.

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Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

is not the right pick to become the next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. NASW remains unwavering in its commitment to advocating for policies that safeguard and elevate the social work profession, bolster public health, and ensure equitable access to vital services for all communities. Kennedy Jr.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Department of Human Services, went to great lengths to spin the results and direct readers toward the spin instead of the reviews themselves. Identifying and proactively targeting services to families with no [child welfare services] involvement is a violation of families’ privacy and their rights to parent as they see fit.

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CO4Kids

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Parents in all states are legally responsible for their children’s welfare until they reach adulthood. In Colorado, there are laws in place to guide the child welfare professionals response and help strengthen families. There are many potential risks to children that must be considered. There are also risks for parents as well.

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KVC

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) breaks these determinants down into five domains: economic stability, education access and quality, health care access and quality, neighborhood and built environment and social and community context. This has an even greater impact on children.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Americas massive child welfare surveillance state was built on horror stories. Thats why weve long extended an offer to the fearmongers in the child welfare establishment: a mutual moratorium on using horror stories to "prove anything. Vermonts human services agency continued to send teens there even after the incidents.

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