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Maine’s child welfare ombudsman is dangerously wrong

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

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. Most of all she is wrong to ignore the enormous harm of needless removal. ? She is dangerously wrong.

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Is even a moment of self-reflection too much to ask? In child welfare – and journalism – apparently, yes.

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

I also expressed the hope that we would see more stories about such families and more self-reflection within the system and in journalism. In fact, in an interview with Vice News about the same case, Davis said: “I was very grateful that they had attorneys.” So far, it’s not looking good. He wanted to help children.

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What are the 10 Roles of Social Workers

Social Work Haven

Educator : Social workers educate clients about resources, coping strategies, and life skills to enhance their well-being and self-sufficiency. 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.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, weeks ending Nov. 28, 2023

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

More than a decade ago I first wrote about how states use federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds – which are supposed to help poor people become self-sufficient – to investigate those same poor people and take away their children. She would move into foster care, which Janell’s young mind imagined as a form of jail.

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Bow down before “the arbiters of child safety”!!! (If you ever want to see your children again.)

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

In a paragraph otherwise notable only for its self-pity, DiLorenzo writes: After four decades of service in child welfare, I thought I had read and heard just about every disparaging thing possible from the external critics of our work. But more important: You heard the man! We decide your family’s fate! And most recently this.

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Flying blind: the strange story of a strategy, an ideology, and an evaluation

Child Welfare Monitor

Readers are invited to practice self-care while navigating this content and to consider reading the findings with a group to engage in collective reflection. ” But majorities of the staff interviewed expressed negative views about changes brought about by the pilot. million times. million times.

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Maine’s “Senator Soundbite” styles himself a crusader against child abuse. He also was “Director of Government Relations” and “Superintendent of Schools” for one of the most notorious “troubled teen industry” institutions in America.

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

But while they’re making themselves media stars, their statements fan the flames of foster-care panic , encouraging more needless removal, doing enormous harm to the children needlessly removed, and overloading the system – making it even more likely that the next child in real danger will be missed.

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