NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MARCH 27, 2022

Unfortunately, Maine’s equivalent of the federal Government Accountability Office, the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability (OPEGA) did indeed fall for it in a report released last week. The report claims that parents have the right to refuse to let their children be interviewed. Source: U.S.

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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 5, 2022

Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, Indian Health Service or the Veterans Affairs health system). Providing a GFE to patients is not new to CSWs who, as part of best clinical and ethical practice, routinely discuss services and fees before or during the initial interview with new patients and provide informed consent forms.

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Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

I’m so proud of what we’ve achieved through this grant, including training over 1,000 social workers from 27 NASW state chapters in how to use motivational interviewing (MI) and screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT) to help clients make informed vaccine decisions. Government.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 24, 2024

In Part One, an interview with Gwen Bouie-Haynes, PhD, LMSW—Executive Director, NASW MS Chapter and NASW Alabama Chapter ; and, Project Coordinator, Connect to End COVID-19 Special Populations. Department of Health and Human Services as part of a financial assistance award totaling $3.3 Government.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 31, 2024

In Part Two of this series, an interview with Barbara Bedney, PhD, MSW—NASW Chief of Programs and Principal Investigator (PI) on this CDC-funded grant, Engaging Social Workers in Boosting COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake. Social service providers under COVID-19 duress: Adaptation, burnout, and resilience. Government.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Sometimes one small detail from a government document tells a huge story especially when a good reporter adds a little context. A few years later, during an interview with a documentary filmmaker, Leavitt, a wealthy Utah politician, told a startling story about how he went about getting physical custody of that child.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2023

More than half the time the child who disclosed the abuse was not even interviewed by those charged with investigating the allegation. From the Oregon Capital Chronicle : A boy is suing the Oregon Department of Human Services for alleged abuse and neglect in a home where he lived with his sister for a year along with other children.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The foster parents in this case didn’t do anything illegal – in fact the placement was authorized by a government agency, and the foster parents probably have the best of intentions. We don’t know why, but we do know this: An evaluation from the Oregon Department of Human Services, described the child as “white – no cultural issues.”

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The timing can leave parents reeling and unable to contact government offices with questions or objections: If ACS conducts a removal on a Friday night, for example, a judge will not review it until Monday. You can hear Joe Shapiro of NPR discuss his investigation on The Imprint podcast The interview starts at 16:40 in.

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