Child Welfare Monitor

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

States have been hard-put to devise plans for implementing the new services because the bill was designed to fix a problem that did not exist–the alleged absence of child welfare services designed to help families stay together. ” As the Child Welfare Information Gateway, an information clearinghouse of the U.S.

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Child Welfare Medicaid Foster Care Welfare 196

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

A “scholar” who insists there is little or no racial bias in child welfare writes a “predictive analytics” algorithm for the State of California. Somehow, the contract to write a so-called “independent ethics review” of the algorithm is given to another “scholar” who also insists there is little or no racial bias in child welfare.

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Child Welfare Welfare Foster Care University 98

Child Welfare Monitor

JULY 8, 2024

Both require case management, but instead of the cost of room and board for foster youth, providing in-home services usually involve referring parents to mental health and drug treatment services often funded by Medicaid or paying for parenting support programs that cost less than foster care. (Of percent of the national total.

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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).

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Human Services Medicaid Substance Abuse Medicare 91

KVC

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Healthcare policy shifts like the Medicaid expansion have helped in this arena, but insurance isn’t the only limitation on healthcare access. Another way to improve access to healthcare is through greater implementation of telehealth services. Without proper healthcare, a person’s medical needs cannot be properly addressed.

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Healthcare Mental Health Telehealth Child Welfare 52

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The story begins this way: Growing up Latino in Massachusetts carries a greater risk of entering the foster system than anywhere else in the nation, and for those who end up in foster homes — as well as those who are the subject of child welfare investigations — the consequences can be devastating. Please, Mommy.

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Child Welfare Foster Care Welfare Adoption 109