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Kinship Care Gets a Boost

Beyond Advocacy

With the capable Lead Organizer, Amani Desamours, and her Student Leadership Team handling Thursday’s virtual Student Advocacy Day, I had the privilege of attending the pivotal Children’s Bureau’s National Convening on Kinship Care. Joining her was Aysha E. Schomburg, the associate commissioner of the Children’s Bureau.

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The $20 million boondoggle that perfectly illustrates the banality of child welfare thinking

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Over the next five years, the consortium will launch pilot sites that “give youth an active role when decisions are made about their care, including reuniting them with their birth families or placing them in other legally recognized and permanent arrangements,” according to a press release from the University of Washington School of Social Work.

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NCCPR news and commentary roundup, week ending February 20, 2024

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

had written, “I am a bad kid” and “I need to behave at school or Mommy and Daddy will be arrested.” And the head of a trade association for “children’s advocacy centers,” where many such exams are performed, says the real problem is agencies aren’t doing enough of them. ● So they used a blackmail placement – aka hidden foster care.

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Black History Month: A Name to Remember

Shelter, Inc

No Black history in America or history of children’s advocacy can be complete without the name of Marian Wright Edelman. As a student at Spelman College in Georgia, she earned a scholarship to study abroad at such notable schools as the Sorbonne in Paris and the University of Geneva in Switzerland.

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Black History Month: A Name to Remember

Shelter, Inc

No Black history in America or history of children’s advocacy can be complete without the name of Marian Wright Edelman. As a student at Spelman College in Georgia, she earned a scholarship to study abroad at such notable schools as the Sorbonne in Paris and the University of Geneva in Switzerland.

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Drivers Act Will Open Doors for Foster Youth

Beyond Advocacy

If enacted, the bill would expand state foster care and adoption assistance programs to provide driving preparation assistance to foster youth and related training for foster parents. We will also hear from Duane Price, a young man with experience in foster care whose life was enhanced by getting a car.

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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.