NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
JUNE 27, 2023
The mother had an addiction to pills that turned into a heroin habit (A condition somewhat similar to that certain other Ford who, instead of being turned in, was treated by media as a hero – but I digress.) Ford when her first child was born. Oddly, for a story discussing racial bias, they chose a white mother.) That happened to Ms.
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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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
JUNE 6, 2023
In Los Angeles County, WitnessLA begins a multi-part in-depth series on the failure of the child welfare surveillance state with a look at battered mothers afraid to seek help because of the entirely justified fear that the family police might take away their children. That needs to stop."
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
JUNE 8, 2022
I know my mom struggled with addiction, but I was always in a clean home with clean clothes," she said. "I These are precisely the kinds of young people the Massachusetts “Child Advocate” is trying to silence. In an interview with Salon about her new book, Torn Apart , Prof. Her experience in foster care was far worse. ?
Social Workers Speak
NOVEMBER 1, 2021
NASW Director of Public Policy Sarah Butts was quoted in two Politico One addressed NASW support of paid leave to help people address addiction issues. The second mentioned NASW as part of a coalition supporting making the Child Tax Credit permanent. The articles reached a potential of more than 23 million readers (photo right).
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
Whenever anyone in state government was asked about the problems in the state’s “child welfare” system they’d give the same stock answer: As soon as the new Department of Social Services was up and running, and took over jobs then done by the Department of Public Welfare, everything would be fine!
Social Workers Speak
JANUARY 6, 2022
NASW New Jersey Chapter Executive Director Jennifer Thompson wrote a column for NJ.com on why syringe programs are so useful in addressing addiction and save lives. com reported that the Idaho child welfare system is under stress. The article reached a potential 21 million readers.
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