Social Work Blog

JULY 28, 2023

The practice of stripping convicted felons of the right to vote goes back to the beginnings of our nation when the federal government and many states adopted felon disenfranchisement laws based on the idea that voting was a privilege for those who demonstrated “good moral character.”

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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

Many universities have adopted the Poverty simulation to help their students understand what it is like to live in poverty beyond reading a book or watching a movie, with the ultimate goal of inspiring students to address the problem of poverty through their respective disciplines. Why Poverty Simulations?

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Stop Abuse Campaign

APRIL 11, 2022

This person may be a family member or a stranger, and the child may or may not need to be adopted out, depending on if the family member loses custody. If the incarcerated household member is the child’s only parent or caretaker, they will need to live with someone else. What Can We Do?

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Social Work Blog

JULY 28, 2023

The practice of stripping convicted felons of the right to vote goes back to the beginnings of our nation when the federal government and many states adopted felon disenfranchisement laws based on the idea that voting was a privilege for those who demonstrated “good moral character.”

Criminal Justice 52

Criminal Justice Social Worker LCSW Advocacy 52

Irish Socail Worker

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Do we strive to adopt that cornerstone of trauma-informed care, of meeting the person where they are at, in the midst of their reality, with their lived-expertise guiding the way. In Ireland, we have taken a narrow approach to adoption of the Directive.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Imagine for a moment that you are a reporter assigned to write a multi-part in-depth series on the criminal justice system. Reporters can identify with foster parents – they probably know some, or at least have friends who do – or if not that, then they may have friends who adopted a foster child.

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Michigan Social Work

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

In the State House, Chang led the way on air quality protection, education, criminal justice reforms, improving economic opportunities and affordable, safe drinking water. His efforts led to the adoption of protection of farm workers from excessive heat and overtime pay. Senate in 2013.

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Beyond Advocacy

JANUARY 5, 2024

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 mentored his research when he was selected to be the Cosby Scholar.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JUNE 22, 2022

Even the minimal due process protections in criminal justice are effectively null and void in “child welfare.” Repeal of the so-called Adoption and Safe Families Act – or at least strong backing for legislation proposed by Rep. A police officer in a blue uniform can stop a Black youth, throw him against a wall and frisk him.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 25, 2022

It was tried first in criminal justice – and proven to be racially biased. The program, first adopted in Nassau County on Long Island in New York, redacts all race and race-related factors from the dossiers used by social workers and supervisors in determining child welfare cases. It amounts to computerized racial profiling.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

AUGUST 10, 2022

In no place in the American criminal-justice system, he reportedly testified, would it be considered either ethically or legally permissible to keep children from their parents for punitive purposes after their legal process is completed. At one point, Dickerson cites one of the few people who comes off well in her story, a U.S.

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 14, 2023

The core issue of the case was determining if the congressional map adopted by Alabama lawmakers illegally watered-down the Black vote. Mel Wilson, LCSW, MBA, is a former senior policy advisor who continues to be active on a range social policy area including youth justice, immigration, criminal justice, and drug policy.

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