KVC

MARCH 1, 2021

In this role, she led a team that dramatically grew community support for children who are in foster care due to abuse or neglect, increasing the organization’s foster and adoptive families by 78%, from 500 to 892 homes. It is called the Foster Care Adoption Resource Services, Training and Consultation (FCARSTC) program.

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KVC

DECEMBER 8, 2021

A Moving Family Reunification Story After Foster Care. Ashley and Sean’s substance use challenges led to their children being removed from their home and put in foster care. Black Children Are Overrepresented in Foster Care: Here’s How We Can Address This Disparity. Read it now. Read it now.

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KVC

OCTOBER 11, 2021

have continued helping people with critical in-home family support, mental health treatment, foster care, adoption, inpatient children’s psychiatric treatment and more. During this time, KVC Health Systems’ nearly 1,500 team members across the U.S.

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Shelter, Inc

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

For example, in the American population of children, African Americans make up 15%, but they represent 33% of foster care children. Youth who identify as LGBTQ represent over 30% of those in foster care , compared with the 11.2% of children’s national population.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

But if that’s their argument, and they are saying disproportionate substantiation of allegations against Black families and removal of Black children is valid because they also are disproportionately more likely to be poor, have less access to quality healthcare and education, etc., In 2021, NCANDS reported 156,576 entries into foster care.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Child Welfare Specialist : Social workers in this role focus on the safety and well-being of children, often within the context of child protective services or foster care systems. This includes linking clients with essential services such as food banks, healthcare, unemployment support, and benefit programs like food stamps.

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Community Care

MAY 3, 2022

There are twice as many children in kinship care in the UK than there are in foster care, yet this type of care remains largely invisible – to the public and policymakers, but often to professionals too. By Dr Lucy Peake.

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Community Care

AUGUST 22, 2022

In March this year, a review by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) , the UK government’s competition watchdog, described the children’s social care market as “dysfunctional” and in need of overhaul to tackle high prices and a shortage of placements.

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University of Connecticut

JANUARY 9, 2023

The research presented by SSW covers a wide range of areas and our expertise, including child welfare, foster care, sexual and gender minority youth mental health, and substance use, among others. Presentation: Emerging into Parenthood While in Foster Care: Correlates of Active Parenting Behaviors at Ages 21 and 23.

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Community Care

JUNE 14, 2024

We will guarantee the rights of those in residential care to be able to see their families. As part of the efforts to move healthcare into local communities and professionalise the workforce, we will task regulators with assessing the role social care workers can play in basic health treatment and monitoring.

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Community Care

JUNE 7, 2022

Among social workers, there was an MBE for Emma Cox, whose experiences volunteering in Romania in 2000 inspired her to co-found a charity dedicated to caring for orphaned and abandoned children.

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Social Work Haven

JUNE 15, 2023

From psychologists and educators to healthcare providers and policymakers, social workers collaborate with a diverse range of experts to address the multifaceted needs of individuals and communities. Becoming a social worker VI.

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University of Connecticut

MAY 8, 2023

My passion is to advocate for underserved and monolingual Latinx populations, undocumented individuals, and children involved in the mental health or foster care system. I intend to continue working for organizations and agencies that advocate for accessible health care. Mary Ellen and John D.

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Child Welfare Monitor

OCTOBER 5, 2024

In her 2009 book, Shattered Bonds: The Color of Child Welfare , Dorothy Roberts drew attention to the disproportional representation of Black children in foster care and child welfare in general and helped make “racial disproportionality” a buzzword in the child welfare world.

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Child Welfare Monitor

JULY 22, 2024

.” It does not define RTF’s, but the term clearly refers to facilities that provide behavioral health services in a residential context to children with funding from programs under SFC jurisdiction, mainly Medicaid and foster care funds under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MAY 9, 2023

A little girl in foster care whispers to her mother during a “supervised visit”: ‘Mommy, I’m scared. She says, ‘Please don’t make us go back to this foster home. ● We begin with a quote from an extraordinary eight-month investigation by WOUB Public Media in Athens Ohio. Please Mommy, don’t make us go back there. (And

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KVC

APRIL 7, 2021

Healthcare is similar to education in that it is important that kids have both access and quality. Healthcare is a fundamental part of overall child well-being and development, as it includes not just doctor or dentist visits, but attention to nutrition and their psychological health as well.

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University of Connecticut

MARCH 28, 2022

Working in the school system and having a field placement in a healthcare setting has allowed me to first-hand see how much of an impact I could make on children thanks to my education at UConn. UConn has given me the knowledge and confidence to be the social worker I know I can be. My goal is to continue a career in medical social work.

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KVC

JUNE 16, 2022

Mental health can pose many challenges for young people, and the statistics are particularly startling for LGBTQIA+ youth. But there are many ways to support LGBTQIA+ youth in your life. .

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Community Care

APRIL 8, 2025

The government has committed 25m to boosting foster care recruitment and support in England from 2026-28. The money was announced in the government’s spring statement last month , when the Treasury said it would be used to recruit a further 400 fostering households.

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KVC

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Health equity is essential to ensuring that every person has access to the healthcare they need, whether that be physical, mental or emotional. Mental Health Parity In addition to accessibility, mental health care must be seen as health care. Health Equity These puzzle pieces are two sides of the same coin.

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Child Welfare Monitor

JANUARY 13, 2025

On August 24, 2024, the Washington Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) proudly announced in a press statement that it had reduced the number of children in out-of-home care by nearly half since 2018. Specifically, the number of children in foster care had fallen from 9,171 in 2018 to 4,971 as of August 14, 2024.

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KVC

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Economic Stability and Education Quality People who are economically stable , with steady employment and earning a livable wage, are more likely to be healthy because they can afford necessities like healthy foods, good healthcare and safe housing. Access to healthcare is a significant public determinant of health.

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