KVC

APRIL 18, 2024

.” So, in addition to helping states safely prevent the need for children to enter foster care in the first place, we’ve helped states recruit and train thousands of relatives and foster families, ensuring children live in the context of a close-knit family. KVC is a great place to work!

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MARCH 27, 2022

And, precisely because most cases we think of when we hear the words “child abuse” are nothing like the horror stories and far more like the case of Logan Marr, the data show that, almost always, family preservation is safer than foster care. You can read about those data here and here. See above for the links.) Source: U.S.

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KVC

JUNE 23, 2021

Foster parents can especially be a welcome source of encouragement and reassurance to birth parents and can act as their parenting partners while their children are in foster care. Click here to learn more about becoming a foster parent. Safe family reunification is the number one goal of foster care.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Then we’ll let them into the homes of families let them, interview everyone, assess those families, spend an average of 12 minutes every working day investigating the case - and then they can effectively decide if the child will go into foster care. They can effectively decide if the child stays in foster care.

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Social Work Haven

JUNE 15, 2023

As I embark on this transformative journey, I am committed to adopting a strength-based approach—one that recognises and nurtures the inherent potential within each individual. As a social worker, I will be able to actively engage in combating discrimination, oppression, and inequality. Becoming a social worker VI.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2022

But Kempe is one of the few organizations that’s actually changed, instead of just engaging in reputation laundering. And we wound up with hideous laws like the so-called Adoption and Safe Families Act. In the past, this event was essentially a garden party for the child welfare establishment. Dorothy Roberts was a keynoter last year.

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KVC

JULY 20, 2021

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. See below or click here to see a helpful graphic that shows what our continuum of care is. Many people associate KVC Kansas with foster care.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 6, 2022

Maine's first child welfare ombudsman, Dean Crocker, understood the lessons from the tragic death of Logan Marr, who was taken when her family poverty was confused with "neglect" and killed in foster care. She issues reports with shamefully shoddy methodology that throw gasoline on the fires of foster-care panic.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

AUGUST 22, 2022

I’ve noted before that lots of “child welfare” establishment groups have been engaging in reputation laundering. It singles out for criticism three odious laws, the Adoption and Safe Families Act , the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act and the Multi-Ethnic Placement Act. The ABA resolution is different on both counts.

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KVC

APRIL 10, 2023

Sexual abuse: Sexual abuse is defined as intentionally forcing a child to engage in (or exposing a child to) sexual acts, including penetration, fondling and exposure of body parts. Engaging in risky behavior. Hitting, kicking, burning, shaking and other forceful actions are examples of physical abuse. Mentor a child.

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KVC

MARCH 24, 2021

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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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JUNE 23, 2022

As America’s racial justice reckoning finally catches up with “child welfare” – or, as it should be called, family policing – the “child welfare establishment is engaged in its own campaign of reputation laundering. CWLA even opposed legislation that would stop member agencies from swiping foster youth’s social security benefits !

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JUNE 24, 2022

As America’s racial justice reckoning finally catches up with “child welfare” – or, as it should be called, family policing – the “child welfare establishment is engaged in its own campaign of reputation laundering. Repeal of the so-called Adoption and Safe Families Act – or at least strong backing for legislation proposed by Rep.

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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 will be privileged to engage these three dynamic individuals in a discussion as moderator.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JUNE 22, 2022

As America’s racial justice reckoning finally catches up with “child welfare” – or, as it should be called, family policing – the “child welfare establishment is engaged in its own campaign of reputation laundering. Repeal of the so-called Adoption and Safe Families Act – or at least strong backing for legislation proposed by Rep.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JUNE 27, 2022

As America’s racial justice reckoning finally catches up with “child welfare” – or, as it should be called, family policing – the “child welfare establishment is engaged in its own campaign of reputation laundering. They’re still engaging in health terrorism. But it’s actually worse. Karen Bass that would curb its worst excesses. ?

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