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Shelter, Inc. Receives National Accreditation

Shelter, Inc

Organizations pursue accreditation to demonstrate the implementation of best practice standards in the field of human services. s programs, services, management, and administration. Over 2,000 organizations have either successfully achieved accreditation or are currently engaged in the process. Shelter, Inc.

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News Items – September 30, 2021

Social Workers Speak

Victor Armstrong is the first chief health equity officer at the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. Will Francis, executive director of NASW-TX, is a guest: [Audio] After A Decade Of Legal Scrutiny, Texas’ Foster Care System Is Still Failing To Keep Kids Safe. The Charlotte Observer.

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Child Welfare Updates: New Rule Regarding Kinship Placements

Social Work Blog

Administration for Children and Families (ACF) published a final rule regarding licensing and approval standards for kinship placements. Title IV-E agencies are tribes and state agencies that utilize Title IV-E funds to provide foster care service. The rule went into effect on November 27, 2023.

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A Helpful Guide to KVC’s Mental Health and Child Welfare Services in Kansas and Missouri

KVC

As the parent organization, KVC Health Systems does not provide direct services to children and families; rather it provides administrative support to its local subsidiaries or business units. A youth receiving this level of care is not actively experiencing an emergency but has ongoing struggles with their mental or behavioral health.

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Maine’s child welfare ombudsman is dangerously wrong

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Maine's first child welfare ombudsman, Dean Crocker, understood the lessons from the tragic death of Logan Marr, who was taken when her family poverty was confused with "neglect" and killed in foster care. She issues reports with shamefully shoddy methodology that throw gasoline on the fires of foster-care panic.