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What Does KVC Stand For?

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KVC’s Positive Impact Grows Nationally During the 1980-90s, KVC grew to represent one of the broadest child welfare and behavioral healthcare continuums of care in the nation. This made it possible for KVC to meet the needs of any child and family, extending all the way to inpatient children’s mental health hospitals when needed.

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Colorado task force’s solution to stop children from running from residential treatment: Fence ‘em in & lock ‘em up!

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The task force says a consultant should draw up the tool and determine how the information obtained from the tools may be used to adjust a treatment plan for the child or youth while they are in out-of-home care. They were in psychiatric centers or jails. And what, exactly, does that mean?

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10 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About Social Workers

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Social workers use their skills and expertise to promote good mental health, strengthen relationships, and end generational cycles of trauma and substance use, ultimately creating healthier families and communities. Social workers provide a majority of America’s mental health services.

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KVC Health Systems Launches KVC Missouri and Names New President

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KVC Kansas sponsors more foster and adoptive families than any other organization in the state, making it more likely that children can be matched with a family in their home community rather than experiencing educational disruption. We think about mental health holistically at KVC,” said Stephenson. “We