KVC

JUNE 13, 2023

Whether that’s a story of a foster care caseworker noticing and meeting a child’s needs, a family reconnecting after difficult times, or a community coming together for a shared cause, life is really all about positive relationships with other people. We received many entries to our 2022 Story Contest.

Foster Care 52

Foster Care Adoption Mental Health Addiction 52

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 19, 2022

There is nothing that would provide due process for families or in any way require a supremely powerful, unaccountable system to give up any of that power. In child welfare, we all say the same things, but we all mean different things by what we say: Nobody ever says: “I think foster care should be the first resort!”

Child Welfare 98

Child Welfare Welfare Foster Care Justice and Corrections 98

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JULY 14, 2022

Children can be held in foster care for months before a court ever decides if the child was, in fact, abused or neglected. And, of course, overwhelmingly, the allegation is neglect and that often means simply that the family was poor.) Such a panic has swept through the state , creating an artificial “shortage” of foster homes.

Criminal Justice 98

Criminal Justice Child Welfare Justice and Corrections Foster Care 98

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Fong asks in a commentary for the Hartford Courant if the head of the state’s family police agency will make sure there’s no foster-care panic. She writes: DCF has expressed a commitment to keeping families together, and has worked, impressively, to decrease foster care caseloads and refer families to community supports.

Child Welfare 103

Child Welfare Foster Care Welfare Adoption 103