NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In the case that is the subject of the new lawsuit, The Imprint reports, the state child abuse hotline was notified of the domestic abuse from the mother’s therapist, whom she had confided in after telling [her abuser] to leave for good. Therapists are, of course, mandated reporters of “child abuse.”

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KVC

MARCH 15, 2022

KVC Health Systems’ largest subsidiary, KVC Kansas , has been a foster care case management provider on behalf of the Kansas Department for Children and Families since 1996. In this case, the data has been de-identified and will only be analyzed for children who are no longer in foster care.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The harms of removal and sometimes also foster care can produce “worse long-term outcomes than if the child had remained at home” in many cases … But Michigan’s removal statutes do not require courts to balance these harms against the harm that might result from staying home. In contrast, McCormack wrote, when Washington D.C.

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 26, 2024

I was going to do this work as a visiting artist,” Scherlong explained, “and all my friends at the time were therapists and suggested that I get a social work degree. Scherlong used this approach with children in foster care who had endured what she described as “horrific losses.” The results were powerful.

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KVC

JULY 16, 2023

For example, the organization aims to partner with other national and state leaders to safely reduce the number of children in foster care nationally by 50% and wants to be a catalyst for helping to end suicide in our communities. Below are just some of the nearly 700 reviews KVC team members have shared. “KVC

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 26, 2024

I was going to do this work as a visiting artist,” Scherlong explained, “and all my friends at the time were therapists and suggested that I get a social work degree. Scherlong used this approach with children in foster care who had endured what she described as “horrific losses.” The results were powerful.

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Social Worker Domestic Violence LCSW Nursing Home 59

Creative Play Therapist

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Children in foster care, in open adoptions, and blended families are poorly represented in children's literature if they are represented at all. The Yell of Teddie Drake is beautifully illustrated retelling of the ugly duckling to encompass families that are brought together by more than looks. Check it out HERE.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Therapist : Clinical social workers provide therapy to individuals, couples, and families, addressing mental health and emotional challenges. 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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University of Connecticut

MAY 8, 2023

Mykah Knight, Individuals, Groups, and Families concentration I am currently following the two-year IGF track and plan to become a licensed clinical therapist that works with individuals, groups, and families who struggle with environmental stress, social justice issues, and chronic PTSD and/or other behavioral health disturbances.

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KVC

MAY 24, 2022

These stories came from youth and families we’ve served, foster or adoptive families who support our mission, and KVC team members who provide in-home family therapy and support, mental health treatment, foster care, adoption, inpatient children’s psychiatric treatment or other life-changing services.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The Child Welfare League of America, a trade association for public and private family policing agencies, many of which are paid for each day they hold a child in foster care, called CAPTA “foundational to the country’s ability to prevent child abuse and neglect.” Nah, just kidding. maybe it’s poverty, but it’s not just poverty.

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Beyond Advocacy

MAY 2, 2023

It is also far worse for youth with special needs, such as LGBTQ youth and youth in and aging out of foster care. Experts report that as many as 80 percent of youth with foster care experience have significant mental health issues , compared to 18 to 22 percent of the general population.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Often, when these parents reach out — going to the hospital for example or seeking therapy — that nurse or therapist whose trusted expertise they desperately need, is required under law to report suspected abuse or neglect in the home. As the story explains: Rodriguez’s passion for reforming DCF stems from her own experience in foster care.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2022

They pore over reports from therapists. They make them take anger management and parent education courses so they can find out what bad parents they are and what they must do to get better. They poke and pry, examine and constantly grade parental behavior.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Or the judge who wouldnt return the children because these children have lived in unstable living arrangements long enough dooming the children to be split from each other into separate foster homes, moved from placement to placement to the point that two of them had to spend a night in a family police agency office.

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KVC

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Mental Health Parity In addition to accessibility, mental health care must be seen as health care. Just as a person knows they should see a doctor if they break their arm, so too should seeing a therapist or psychiatrist be standard practice when dealing with some form of mental or emotional distress.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Tina Kotek have decided the best answer is to loosen the already minimal rules concerning abuse of children in foster care, especially group homes and institutions. The bill even narrows the definition of sexual abuse when it happens in foster care. Theyve proposed legislation to do just that.

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