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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
More than just a dissent in an individual case, this opinion is a call to transform “child welfare” in Michigan – and everywhere else. Justice McCormack is retiring, and what may be her final opinion in a family policing case goes well beyond any one case. But in some cases, correcting such conditions is, literally, impossible.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
OCTOBER 20, 2021
Two online news sites published more than 10,000 words about foster care in West Virginia. Imagine for a moment that you are a reporter assigned to write a multi-part in-depth series on the criminal justice system. Yet the equivalent happens, over and over and over, when the topic is foster care.
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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
OCTOBER 3, 2022
Last month, the New York Law Journal published an excellent article about the Family Justice Law Center. But assuming the flack is correct, what that really tells us is that a minimum of 98% of what ACS does is b t. with foster care now at all-time low of less than 7,200 children.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
OCTOBER 5, 2023
That’s because it’s meant specifically for those who have read a study concocted by a who’s who of family policing’s “caucus of denial” – those who claim that, somehow, child welfare is magically immune from the racism that infects every other aspect of American life. But let’s assume, for the moment, the raw data are correct.
Social Work Haven
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
Community Organizer : Social workers may organise and mobilise communities to address social issues, promote social justice, and create positive change. 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.
Child Welfare Monitor
APRIL 25, 2025
No arrests of those who tortured and murdered Begidu, and no demonstrations demanding justice. ” DCF did not respond to my request to know which statement was correct. Adoptions and Severe Abuse Begidu’s story has similarities with the stories of other children adopted from overseas or from foster care.
Child Welfare Monitor
JANUARY 27, 2025
But with states around the country changing law, policy and practice to reduce child welfare agencies’ footprint, the number of “child maltreatment victims” cited by ACF is likely more a reflection of policy and practice than an indicator of actual maltreatment. Exhibit S-2 summarizes the findings of the newest report.
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