Social Workers Speak
MAY 11, 2023
Lydia Crafts is a member of NASW-ME: Sounding the Alarm: Lawmakers WFVX Like many Mainers, the horrors of drug addiction have personally impacted lawmakers. Someone with sociopathic tendencies might, for instance, lack empathy for others, but still be a law-abiding, job-holding individual, she says. It’s still going strong.
Social Workers Speak
MAY 11, 2023
Lydia Crafts is a member of NASW-ME: Sounding the Alarm: Lawmakers WFVX Like many Mainers, the horrors of drug addiction have personally impacted lawmakers. Someone with sociopathic tendencies might, for instance, lack empathy for others, but still be a law-abiding, job-holding individual, she says. It’s still going strong.
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Stop Abuse Campaign
JULY 22, 2022
Visits by caring, experienced professionals can turn good intentions into good parenting, breaking generations-long cycles of poverty, addiction, abuse, and despair, making MIECHV a critical piece to providing a continuum of care for children from birth to age five. 78 percent of participating adults and children relied on Medicaid or CHIP.
Stop Abuse Campaign
JULY 15, 2022
Babies born addicted to opiates have to start life going through the same agonizing withdrawal process as adults. In traditional foster care, a trained stranger raises the baby with some monitoring from the local Child Protective Services and financial supports such as SNAP (food stamps), Medicaid, and a cash per diem. Start here.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
DECEMBER 27, 2023
Expand Medicaid: Less “neglect.” She had a similar addiction to painkillers – and to booze as well. If anyone still doubts the need to replace anonymous reporting of alleged child abuse with confidential reporting, check out this story from ProPublica. Increase SNAP benefits: Less “neglect.” But nobody took away her children.
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