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Black History Month: A Name to Remember

Shelter, Inc

No Black history in America or history of children’s advocacy can be complete without the name of Marian Wright Edelman. Marian Wright Edelman is a name to remember. Marian Wright Edelman is a name to remember. Learn more about Black History Month.

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Black History Month: A Name to Remember

Shelter, Inc

No Black history in America or history of children’s advocacy can be complete without the name of Marian Wright Edelman. Marian Wright Edelman is a name to remember. Marian Wright Edelman is a name to remember. Learn more about Black History Month.

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Suicide Risk Assessment: How to Talk About Suicidal Ideation

Relias

However, among Asian, Latinx and Hispanic, and Black populations, the rates of suicide increased in both 2019 and 2020. Approximately 64% of all individuals who die by suicide had a healthcare visit and 44% had a mental health visit within one month of their death. Death by suicide is preventable. using proper language.

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In “child welfare” the horror stories go in all directions – all year long

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Stories about children murdered or tortured in their own homes stampeded us into building a massive system that destroys children in the name of saving them. The system has torn apart millions of families needlessly. It’s also so overloaded the system that workers have no time to find the few children in real danger.

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NCCPR at the Kempe Center conference: Child Abuse, COVID-19 and the Legacy of “Health Terrorism”

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

At that conference, I first learned that a phenomenon I’d been writing about, and deploring, for decades actually had a name – and the name came from someone who had admitted his organization used to practice this particular dark art. Call that whatever else you’d like, but please don’t call it hindsight. But they were drowned out.

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NCCPR family preservation news and commentary round-up for the year 2023, Part Two

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OVERVIEWS OF FAMILY POLICING FAILURE ● To begin, take a step back, see – and hear – how the family policing system really works in this report from NPR, featuring perspectives from JMAC for Families and NCCPR: ● The most important book of 2023 on these issues is Investigating Families by Prof. Will they waver in the face of pressure?