Human Services Mental Health Substance Abuse 
Child Welfare Monitor
JANUARY 10, 2025
Contributing factors might be the end of COVID-19 assistance programs and the growing mental health, substance abuse, and housing crises in the District. But it seems likely that this trend stems from the workforce crisis that is affecting CFSA and other child welfare and human services agencies around the country.
Social Work Blog
JANUARY 19, 2023
Monteiro, LCSW The past two years were filled with fear and uncertainty, exacerbating a mental health crisis with an increase in anxiety, depression, suicide rates, and substance abuse. Storytelling can be part of the healing process in one’s mental health journey. By Carla B. My concern is not unwarranted.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Child Welfare Monitor
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
It expanded the allowable uses of Title IV-E funding, formerly used to pay only for foster care, to include what the Act called “Prevention Services,” meaning services to prevent foster care. … So under Family First, we created new federal funding for those services. . But is simply not true.
Social Work Blog
MAY 25, 2022
Social workers are the largest group of mental health providers in the United States and treatment of PTSD is one of their specialty areas. Identify future areas of work/growth, boundaries as practitioners as the continued need for mental health treatment remains an essential service during the COVID 19 pandemic in the U.S.
Relias
JUNE 19, 2023
From counseling individuals with mental health disorders to helping vulnerable children and families access critical resources, your organization and the behavioral health professionals you employ perform a wide range of important work. As demand for behavioral health providers increases across the U.S.
KVC
APRIL 18, 2024
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. A few years later, the parent organization KVC Health Systems was created. Each is a nonprofit that provides direct services to children and families.
Relias
APRIL 10, 2025
These frameworks streamline communication, assign roles, and allow faster coordination with external agencies such as emergency responders, utility companies, and public health departments. Provide access to mental health support, flexible scheduling, and temporary housing or transportation assistance if needed.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
130 
Let's personalize your content