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The failure of the child welfare McLawsuits, Part One

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Vivek Sankaran, director of the Child Advocacy Law Clinic and the Child Welfare Appellate Clinic at the University of Michigan School of Law says the best thing CR could do would be to get out. That’s why, in most cases, they accomplish nothing, and in some cases they make things worse.

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Micro, Mezzo & Macro Social Work

Social Work Bubble

Mezzo Social Workers have the following jobs: Executive Director of Nonprofit Board Member of Organization Program Director School Social Worker Hospital Administrator Community Center Grant Writer Deputy Director Group Work Facilitator. Mezzo Social Work. Macro Social Work. Finally, Macro Social Work is a broad field of social work.

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Micro, Mezzo & Macro Social Work

Social Work Bubble

Mezzo Social Workers have the following jobs: Executive Director of Nonprofit Board Member of Organization Program Director School Social Worker Hospital Administrator Community Center Grant Writer Deputy Director Group Work Facilitator Macro Social Work Finally, Macro Social Work is a broad field of social work.

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“A Liminal Moment in Social Work”: Access NASW’s Social Work Journal Online

Social Work Blog

Authors review data that demonstrate the evolution of labels and argue that adopting these terms in practice and research will have fruitful and affirming effects on access to care, treatment attrition, and the design and quality of research in and for the LGBTQ+ community. The journal Social Work is a benefit of your membership.

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Children with Parents Behind Bars

Beyond Advocacy

It had been the subject of her dissertation titled In the Best Interest of the Family: The Outcomes of Children in Foster Care with an Incarcerated Parent and the Adverse Implications of the Adoptions and Safe Families Act. I have known Dr. Pettus since her days on the Brown School at Washington University in St.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending December 20, 2022

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

In that article, Alexandra Travis writes about her own experience with family destruction and then asks: Tell me, if you knew our story, would you still advocate so fiercely for adoption and termination? Would you permanently separate us as a family and prevent five siblings from having a life and future together? Added Prof.

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NCCPR family preservation news and commentary round-up for the year 2023, Part Two

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Fong writes in The Imprint about why the so-called Adoption and Safe Families Act is “A Dangerous Tool in An Arbitrary System.” --And in this essay, she takes on the harm of mandatory reporting laws. In September you send your son off to boarding school. Janell, thrilled to avoid reading time, trotted off to the school office.