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Child Welfare Monitor
JULY 8, 2024
Year after year, states and the federal government continue to release annual data showing a decline in the number of children in foster care, congratulating themselves on keeping families together. However, FFPSA has not made massive federal resources available for such services. percent over the previous year 15.6
Child Welfare Monitor
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
Sometime in the early years of the current century, a group of powerful advocates who thought that too many children were being placed in foster care came up with a proposal for change that they called “child welfare finance reform.” … So under Family First, we created new federal funding for those services.
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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
AUGUST 29, 2023
Records that have to be “admitted” into the database [but may not have been] include substance abuse records, visitation records and medical records. Great news, Missouri parents: The state Department of Social Services says you are now free to smoke marijuana, as long as you’re away from the kids! –
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
Whenever anyone in state government was asked about the problems in the state’s “child welfare” system they’d give the same stock answer: As soon as the new Department of Social Services was up and running, and took over jobs then done by the Department of Public Welfare, everything would be fine! Katz did something simple.
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. TRENDING CONTENT ON SOCIAL WORK HAVEN What is the main role of a social worker? What skills does a social worker need?
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