Child Welfare Monitor

JULY 22, 2024

.” It does not define RTF’s, but the term clearly refers to facilities that provide behavioral health services in a residential context to children with funding from programs under SFC jurisdiction, mainly Medicaid and foster care funds under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act.

Foster Care 152

Foster Care Interventional Child Welfare Medicaid 152

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

APRIL 3, 2023

But for America’s giant child welfare industry of helping professionals, that spoils all the fun. And sure enough, the developers say, it works! How do they know? Not a lot of money either, since we know that remarkably small amounts of cash are enough to significantly reduce what family police agencies call “neglect.”

Child Welfare 98

Child Welfare Welfare Foster Care Self-harm 98

Relias

JANUARY 23, 2023

Research cited in our study showed that screening occurred in less than two-thirds of mothers, with considerable variation depending on race, income-level, and Medicaid/Medicare status. It also emphasized that identification and treatment of PPD are important to avoid its potentially devastating effects.

Depression 98

Depression Patient Safety Mental Health Medicare 98

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2023

According to a Boston Globe investigation : … in the vast majority of states, the deaths of babies from Medicaid families are more likely to be attributed to suspected accidental suffocation or listed as needing more investigation - and in some states, by sizable margins.

Domestic Violence 78

Domestic Violence Medicaid Foster Care Schools 78

Child Welfare Monitor

APRIL 11, 2025

Home visiting programs can also receive funding through Medicaid, Title IV-B and IV-E of the Social Security Act, and many other funding sources. The “well-supported” rating from the Title IV-E clearinghouse allowed states to spend Title IV-E funds on services to families with a child welfare in-home case.

Child Welfare 189

Child Welfare Nursing Home Welfare Self-harm 189

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2024

. ● In words and pictures, The Imprint documents an oral history project that’s also an oral healing project for survivors of the “boarding schools’ that were part of the systematic attempt by “child welfare” systems to effectively eradicate Native America. ● The Imprint and The Hill have stories.

Domestic Violence 72

Domestic Violence Child Welfare Medicaid Welfare 72

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JUNE 24, 2022

That’s the current name of a child welfare trade association that co-opts the rhetoric of reform to promote the same old family policing agenda The hearings about the Jan. Yet none of the recent trips to the reputation laundry from child welfare establishment groups includes support for any proposal that would reduce their power.

Child Welfare 98

Child Welfare Welfare Foster Care Medicaid 98

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

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

APRIL 8, 2025

From the story: We need to radically change how we think about child safety and welfare, and that means we need to focus on supporting families, says Roberts, author of the 2022 book Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World. Why did I ever order these tests?

Child Welfare 112

Child Welfare Foster Care Medicaid Welfare 112

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.

Child Welfare 109

Child Welfare Foster Care Welfare Adoption 109

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. KVC Kentucky KVC Kentucky has been a forerunner in mental and behavioral health, substance use treatment and child welfare services for families in crisis for 25 years.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Mental Health Telehealth Child Welfare 52

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Americas massive child welfare surveillance state was built on horror stories. Thats why weve long extended an offer to the fearmongers in the child welfare establishment: a mutual moratorium on using horror stories to "prove anything. Its also so overloaded the system that workers have no time to find the few children in real danger.

Child Welfare 117

Child Welfare Welfare Foster Care Adoption 117