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20 Success Stories: Mental Health, Family Reunification, Foster Care and Adoption Support Transform Lives

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These stories came from youth and families we’ve served, foster or adoptive families who support our mission, and KVC team members who provide in-home family therapy and support, mental health treatment, foster care, adoption, inpatient children’s psychiatric treatment or other life-changing services.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending February 6, 2024

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

In 2024, adoptive parents in Kentucky couldn’t handle the behavior problems of their 15-year-old daughter. They parked her in foster care while waiting to institutionalize her. He ran away from the institution and drowned. Unable to afford the therapy she needed they turned to the state for help.

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In “child welfare” the horror stories go in all directions – all year long

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

We can do that because we have actual evidence that, in the overwhelming majority of cases, family preservation is not only more humane than foster care or massive surveillance, it’s also safer. That may help explain how a tragedy like this death in foster care could occur. ● In this blog post, I suggest a better idea.

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

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Or, if you’re not looking for services, learn how you can join KVC as an advocate, volunteer, financial supporter, event sponsor, foster or adoptive parent, or even team member. Your support helps us achieve our vision: to create a world in which every person is safe and connected to a strong family and a healthy community.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, weeks ending Nov. 28, 2023

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

ProPublica reports that The new rules would also restrict states from spending TANF funds on child protective services investigations, foster care or any other programs that don’t meet the fundamental purposes of welfare: strengthening poor families and keeping them together. Sarah Font. But she did not see her mother. she wondered.

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A Day in the Life of a Social Worker

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KVC case managers Victoria Clark, Dalton Shump, and Micah McEwan all work for the Olathe, Kansas office, where they coordinate and support the day-to-day needs of children and teens in foster care and their families. I was adopted myself and have my own personal background with the foster care system. Dalton Shump.

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KVC Health Systems Ranks in Top 1% of Employers Nationwide with 77 Work Wellbeing Score

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Renny Arensberg, Executive Vice President of Employee Engagement, has led this initiative by partnering with a team of internal Engagement Champions as well as a broad KVC Experience Team consisting of the leaders of Human Resources; Marketing & Communications; Diversity, Equity, Inclusion + Belonging; and Clinical Best Practices.