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7 Ways To Improve Your Human Services Organization

Relias

Human services organizations constantly have to navigate change. To help health and human service organizations get ahead, we’re sharing action items based on current trends in human services. Lean further into telehealth Telehealth offers many benefits to organizations, providers, and persons served.

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Addressing Trauma and Abuse in Individuals With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Relias

For those with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) who have experienced abuse, trauma-informed care can prove very helpful. While many behavioral health and social service organizations have moved toward implementing trauma-informed practices, it is rarely recognized in organizations serving the IDD population.

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Hawaii family police agency sinks to misrepresentation and blackmail - and that’s just how they treat the State Legislature!

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

It happens to foster youth who are entitled to Social Security Disability or Survivor benefits. The family police agency, the state Department of Human Services, responded with a lie – purely by accident, they say. At this point, it’s worth noting that the Hawaii Department of Human Services has a total budget of nearly $3.8

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NASW Press Reads for Economic Justice and Financial Management

Social Work Blog

As students of social work or other human services professions, it is essential that we understand how economic well-being—or the lack thereof—shapes people’s lives. The ensuing chapters examine poverty and its impact on children and adolescents, older adults, adults with disabilities, veterans, immigrants, and other vulnerable groups.

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NASW Press Reads for Economic Justice and Financial Management

Social Work Blog

As students of social work or other human services professions, it is essential that we understand how economic well-being—or the lack thereof—shapes people’s lives. The ensuing chapters examine poverty and its impact on children and adolescents, older adults, adults with disabilities, veterans, immigrants, and other vulnerable groups.

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NASW Press Reads for Economic Justice and Financial Management

Social Work Blog

As students of social work or other human services professions, it is essential that we understand how economic well-being—or the lack thereof—shapes people’s lives. The ensuing chapters examine poverty and its impact on children and adolescents, older adults, adults with disabilities, veterans, immigrants, and other vulnerable groups.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending January 2, 2024

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

All over the country, states and localities have been swiping Social Security Survivor and Disability benefits to which some foster youth are entitled. More than a year ago Philadelphia passed a law prohibiting the city’s family policing agency, the Department of Human Services, from doing this.