Shelter, Inc

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Shelter’s professional staff provides free trauma-informed clinical care to children who have experienced trauma so they can heal, build trust, and create a path forward. Feeling safe is the foundation of trauma recovery. I see firsthand how trauma impacts these children.

Mental Health 59

Mental Health Therapist Clinic Child Welfare 59

Child Welfare Monitor

JANUARY 27, 2025

But with a drastic drop in foster care placements in Texas, there is reason to fear that maltreatment fatalities increased rather than decreased. Plans of Safe Care are voluntary plans offered to the families of substance-exposed infants under the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA).

Child Welfare 163

Child Welfare Welfare Justice and Corrections Administration 163

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

● Often children are taken when their poverty is confused with neglect only to face actual abuse in foster care. This story from The Press-Enterprise in Riverside describes a case in California in which that happened – and then the children faced horrific abuse in a foster home overseen by a private agency. ●

Child Welfare 110

Child Welfare Justice and Corrections Foster Care Criminal Justice 110

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

So in 2021, the most recent year for which data are available, when you compare entries into care to impoverished child population, Massachusetts tore apart families at a rate 60% above the national average. The snapshot number – the number of children trapped in foster care on any given day -- is even worse. She said no.

Foster Care 98

Foster Care Domestic Violence Child Welfare Welfare 98

Counselor Toolbox podcast

MAY 24, 2021

Foster care is an active intervention with the goal of helping the young child to recover from their traumatic experience, not just a “place to stay.” ~ The foster/resource parent is an essential partner in the recovery of the young child. Transitions for young children should be carefully planned .

Foster Care 20

Foster Care Recovery Interventional 20

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 19, 2022

Although it’s not directly about child welfare, NPR has an important story about recovery from substance use disorder. Contrary to the common stereotype – a stereotype often used to justify the draconian timelines in ASFA -- most people recover and maintain their recovery. ?

Child Welfare 40

Child Welfare Welfare Recovery Foster Care 40

Community Care

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

However, too many children in care had faced multiple changes of social worker, limiting direct work and their ability to form meaningful relationships with practitioners. Staff turnover was also a problem in the fostering service, which resulted in carers having insufficient training or support from supervising social workers.

Social Worker 65

Social Worker Adoption Interventional Engagement 65