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. States had other sources of federal reimbursement for these programs, such as Title IV-B, the Social Services Block Grant, and TANF.

Child Welfare 151

Child Welfare Medicaid Foster Care Welfare 151

Child Welfare Monitor

JULY 8, 2024

Supporters of the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA), which passed in 2018, said that declining foster care counts would result from providing support to parents who needed help to address the problems (like substance abuse, mental illness and poor parenting skills) that led to their maltreatment of their children.

Foster Care 130

Foster Care Child Welfare Welfare Substance Abuse 130

Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Members of our profession also provide frontline services in mental health, substance use treatment, child welfare, and elder care – many of which fall under HHS programs such as Medicaid and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

Human Services 91

Human Services Medicaid Substance Abuse Medicare 91