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7 Ways To Improve Your Human Services Organization

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Human services organizations constantly have to navigate change. To help health and human service organizations get ahead, we’re sharing action items based on current trends in human services. Free mental health care can be exchanged between community agencies in far-flung counties.

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

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For more than 50 years, KVC Health Systems has provided heart-centered service to children and families. These services strengthen families, prevent child abuse and neglect, and help both children and adults achieve mental health wellness. KVC Health Systems.

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Faculty: Request Your NASW Press Exam Copy Today

Social Work Blog

The 12th edition of Social Work Speaks is a comprehensive and unabridged collection of policies adopted and revised by the NASW Delegate Assembly in 2020. As students of social work or other human services professions, it is essential that we understand how economic well-being—or the lack thereof—shapes people’s lives.

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What Does KVC Stand For?

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This made it possible for KVC to meet the needs of any child and family, extending all the way to inpatient children’s mental health hospitals when needed. A few years later, the parent organization KVC Health Systems was created. Each is a nonprofit that provides direct services to children and families.

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NASW Press Reads for Practice, Policy, and Principles

Social Work Blog

Prior to 2020, the field of social work was limited in its adoption of digital practice. However, with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, traditional, in-person service delivery was dramatically interrupted. O’Brien encourages the reader to educate, engage, and make the connection between individual work and policy.

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Celebrate Your Graduate—Save 20% on Select NASW Press Books!

Social Work Blog

For instructors, building a cohesive and engaging policy curriculum can be daunting. The 12th edition of Social Work Speaks is a comprehensive and unabridged collection of policies adopted and revised by the NASW Delegate Assembly in 2020. The Delegate Assembly, NASW’s key policymaking body, meets every three years.

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The Opioid Epidemic and Foster Care: The Opioid Epidemic’s Forgotten Victims

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Department of Health and Human Services found that a 10% increase in opioid-related overdose deaths directly corresponded with a 4.4% Some highlights of the Family First Prevention Services Act include: 1. Services to prevent foster care These services help reduce the need for foster care in the first place.