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.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

AUGUST 29, 2023

● Law schools at the University of Pennsylvania and Temple University released a joint report on the state’s “central registry” of those whom a caseworker decided were slightly more likely than not to be child abusers. Their conclusion: Do what Georgia did with its registry: Get rid of it.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 8, 2022

Department of Housing and Urban Development found that one-third of people experiencing housing insecurity also experience mental health or substance abuse challenges. Collaborative case management software facilitates these valuable connections, increasing a social worker’s capacity and expanding their impact.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

CONTENT YOU WOULD LOVE TO READ ON SOCIAL WORK HAVEN We’ll delve into the pivotal role of a master’s degree in social work (MSW) and the rigorous standards set in these programmes. Can you do a social work degree without A levels? Yes, you can do a social work degree without A levels.

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Social Work Blog

JULY 31, 2024

million Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-funded initiative to help social workers and their clients to make informed decisions about life-saving vaccines. Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Posttraumatic stress, grief, burnout, and secondary trauma of social workers in the United States. LM, Curran, L., Candelario, E.,

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Child Welfare Monitor

MAY 7, 2024

This blog was originally prepared as a report for the project, Lives Cut Short: Children Who Have Died of Abuse and Neglect in the United States Since 2022 , which is sponsored by the American Enterprise Institute and the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. A PDF version appears on the project website.

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