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Maine’s child welfare providers produce a "framework" for false consensus

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

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!” Because even if Maine had all the help families need, in the current climate of foster-care panic , caseworkers are going to be afraid to use it.

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What are the 10 Roles of Social Workers

Social Work Haven

Counsellor : They provide counselling and emotional support to individuals and families facing a wide range of challenges, including mental health issues, addiction, and crisis situations. Case Manager : Social workers coordinate services and resources for their clients, ensuring they receive comprehensive care and support.

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BSW & MSW Scholarship Recipients 2022-2023

University of Connecticut

My future plans include advocating for restorative justice within the juvenile justice system so my social work education will help me with these endeavors. I am a second-year student and expect to graduate in May with a focused area of study in Intersectionality, Human Agency, and Social Justice.

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The Illinois “Public Guardian’s” big little lie

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

It would never be tolerated in a story about criminal justice. A question for any journalists reading this: Suppose you were working on a story about the criminal justice system, and a prosecutor said: “ By definition , anyone in jail is a criminal – they’re rapists and torturers and all sorts of other crooks.”

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How the journalism of child welfare fails

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Two online news sites published more than 10,000 words about foster care in West Virginia. Imagine for a moment that you are a reporter assigned to write a multi-part in-depth series on the criminal justice system. Yet the equivalent happens, over and over and over, when the topic is foster care.

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How America Can Break the Cycle and Prevent Drug Abuse

Stop Abuse Campaign

Throughout the 1990s, occasional voices explaining that the people most likely become addicted to drugs, and stay addicted, were people who had experienced abuse as a child and/or suffered mental illness occasionally rose through the din. Like her mother, she chose a violent man addicted to drugs as the patriarch.

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How America Can Break the Cycle and Prevent Drug Abuse

Stop Abuse Campaign

Throughout the 1990s, occasional voices explaining that the people most likely become addicted to drugs, and stay addicted, were people who had experienced abuse as a child and/or suffered mental illness occasionally rose through the din. Like her mother, she chose a violent man addicted to drugs as the patriarch.