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U.S. Administration for Children and Families Grant Funds Research Project

University of Connecticut

The researchers have partnered with colleagues at the University of Vermont and local community agencies, including the Connecticut Department of Children and Families and Wheeler Clinic, to conduct a three-year, multi-site randomized control trial of the intervention. Government. million with 100 percent funded by ASCF/HHS.

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“ACS MADE IT CLEAR—EITHER I LET THEM SEARCH MY HOME OR THEY WERE TAKING MY KIDS.”

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

The New York City Administration for Children's Services Uses Highly Coercive Tactics to Illegally Search Tens of Thousands of Families’ Homes Every Year. Rather they are the headline and subhead that begin a lawsuit against New York City’s family police agency, the Administration for Children’s Services. The family is cooking.

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Exploring the Benefits and Drawbacks of Nurse Residency Programs

Relias

Unfortunately, this leaves many new nurses without the hands-on training and clinical skills necessary for success — contributing to burnout and high turnover rates that can cost a hospital between $55,000 to $85,000 per nurse. According to a report from the National Academy of Medicine, 35% to 54% of U.S.

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Developing a new framework for delegated healthcare interventions

Social Care

Delegated healthcare interventions include blood pressure monitoring, insulin administration, catheter care, wound care and more. These include blood pressure monitoring, insulin administration, catheter care, wound care and more. It will set out clear guiding principles informed by policy, procedure, governance arrangements.

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Ed Town Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Beyond Advocacy

LaCinda Jones, a health system specialist (mental health policy), will receive the Outstanding Social Worker in Government award. She works in inpatient/outpatient specialty care policy and as a clinical social worker across the Veterans Administration.

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Culturally Informed Therapy for Schizophrenia: A Review

Society of Clinical Psychology

The realm of psychological science is not exempt from this obligation to provide inclusive and affirming care, and it is held to this standard by its highest governing body – the American Psychological Association (APA). Such interventions seeking to thwart systemic inequities (e.g.,

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Members in the News – September 5, 2023

Social Workers Speak

It comprises local physicians, psychiatrists, mental health professionals and government partners. “All of this is normal,” says Jennifer Kelman, licensed clinical social worker and mental health expert with JustAnswer. The task force conducted its first meeting on Aug. Video] Why Do We Have Weekends?

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