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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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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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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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Social Workers Set Sights on Preventing Gun Violence

Beyond Advocacy

The event was sponsored by The Silver School of Social Work at New York University and the University of Buffalo School of Social Work, in addition to the Crown School. Dr. Guterman is also a former dean of the Crown School. Summit proceedings are being compiled and will be shared in the coming weeks.

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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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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. ● .: once outgoing and cheerful, [Y.A.] Azar said, Y.A.