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Adoption workforce must become more diverse to help tackle racial disparities, says Lords report

Community Care

The government must set up a task force to tackle longstanding racial disparities in the adoption system, including by making the workforce more diverse. This was because of an increasing focus on the role of race in identity formation and the challenges of transracial adoptions.

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An adopted foster child dies in Hawaii – but nobody seems to be asking the right questions

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Ariel Sellers, as she was known before her adoption, was reported missing by her foster/adoptive parents. They say Hawaii’s family police agency, known as “Child Welfare Services” (CWS) ignored them. ? They say Hawaii’s family police agency, known as “Child Welfare Services” (CWS) ignored them. ?

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What Does KVC Stand For?

KVC

KVC’s Positive Impact Grows Nationally During the 1980-90s, KVC grew to represent one of the broadest child welfare and behavioral healthcare continuums of care in the nation. We work locally, one child, family and community at a time, while also influencing the fields of child welfare and mental health nationally.

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AFCARS report is out at last: At first glance, the numbers are encouraging

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

At long last the federal government has released state and national foster care statistics for the year ending September 30, 2022. The snapshot number of children in foster care on any given day, also declined, from 392,000 on Sept. When we curb needless foster care, children get safer!

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending August 22, 2023

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

This story also is about the power of newsroom diversity, and the need for more of it. Kelley Fong asks in a commentary for the Hartford Courant if the head of the state’s family police agency will make sure there’s no foster-care panic. And if you hit the Star ’s paywall, look for the questionnaire option.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending February 7, 2023

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

. ● Speaking of great journalism, on The Imprint podcast Joe Shapiro of NPR discusses his investigation into states forcing families to pay ransom to family policing agencies to get their children back from foster care. In Dayton, Ohio, a misdiagnosis of child abuse forced infants into foster care for nearly a year.

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KVC Health Systems Launches KVC Missouri and Names New President

KVC

Bringing Innovation & Child Welfare Best Practices. In this role, she led a team that dramatically grew community support for children who are in foster care due to abuse or neglect, increasing the organization’s foster and adoptive families by 78%, from 500 to 892 homes.