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Stories of Life-Changing Connections: Mental Health Support, Family Reunification, Foster Care and Adoption

KVC

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 mental health treatment and other life-changing services.

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Shelter Partners With Let It Be Us for Emergency Foster Care Program

Shelter, Inc

Shelter is proud to announce a $2,000,000 grant from the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) to partner with Let It Be Us for a new Emergency Foster Care Program. Being removed from their home, for whatever reason, is a traumatic time for a young person, and having a soft place to land is critical.

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A message to foster youth from the “child welfare” establishment: Great news! We’ve ruined your lives, but you’re getting free haircuts!

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

The Field Center was co-founded by the late Richard Gelles, who claimed responsibility for writing the so-called Adoption and Safe Families Act and was among the most fanatical devotees of a take-the-child-and-run approach to “child welfare.” It’s called “The Good Stuff in Child Welfare” and it comes from The Field Center.

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Micro, Mezzo & Macro Social Work

Social Work Bubble

Micro Social Work is direct-practice work in which a social worker meets with individuals, families, and small groups to support their treatment needs and improve their quality of life.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending July 25, 2023

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

. ● Reviewing Roxanna Asgarian’s book We Were Once a Family for The Nation, Emi Nietfeld writes: Despite the difficulty of reporting on child welfare, Roxanna Asgarian’s investigation of the Hart murder-suicide, We Were Once a Family , wades through the complexities of this system to render the reality legible to readers.

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Micro, Mezzo & Macro Social Work

Social Work Bubble

Micro Social Work Micro Social Work is direct-practice work in which a social worker meets with individuals, families, and small groups to support their treatment needs and improve their quality of life.

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News Items – July 1, 2022

Social Workers Speak

Stephanie Sterling is a member: Baton Rouge adoption agencies preparing for increase in demand after Supreme Court ruling. Baton Rouge area adoption agencies are already preparing for possibly busier days in the future, following the overturning of Roe V. We have been providing adoption services since 1964.