NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MARCH 26, 2024

The National Association of Counsel for Children agrees. Nobody in the Massachusetts child-welfare system wanted to take another potentially deadly risk involving the interstate compact. It’s been nurtured at every turn by the state’s foremost advocate for a take-the-child-and-run approach to “child welfare,” Maria Mossaides.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Dorothy Roberts , who explains: “A promising trend that this lawsuit is part of is recognizing that enforcing parents’ constitutional rights is critical to an approach to child welfare that truly benefits children. NCCPR Board Members served as co-counsel for plaintiffs in both those suits.)

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

● Think you know all about the cases at the heart of the current challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act? The federal government released its annual Child Maltreatment report. . -- The federal government stepped in with no-strings-attached cash for poor families. The Imprint has a summary.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

NCCPR’s Vice President was co-counsel for plaintiffs.) Of course, the agency can go right on harassing families where the marijuana use is recreational or where there is other drug use that poses no threat to the child. I have a two-part Blog post about the failure of the McLawsuits brought by Children’s Rights and A Better Childhood.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

But in Los Angeles, The Imprint reports , when forced to jump through all sorts of other hoops first, they’ve actually had to pay for the hoops – in other words, these parents, almost all impoverished, had to pay for their own “counseling” “parent education” etc. A new California law may change that.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 4, 2022

The end of 2021 brought more outstanding reporting on various dark corners of the “child welfare” system. ? If you tear a child from a parent’s arms, then demand money to give the child back, what’s the right word for the payment? How about TANF as a child welfare slush fund.

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Gary Direnfeld

JULY 28, 2022

To add, there continues to be issues of drinking water for many Indigenous persons and child welfare still needs reform in most jurisdictions. gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support. My message to white supremacists, you get over it! Go back to your country of origin if anyone needs to go.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

AUGUST 30, 2023

Commission on Civil Rights is examining racism in the New York family policing system (a more accurate term than “child welfare” system). The New York Advisory Committee to the U.S. New York’s institutional providers of family defense prepared in-depth written testimony that is a report in itself.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

And here’s part two , which explains why “creme" is to food what “permanency” is to child welfare: a fake substitute. ● Upon release, CPS required him to have his own apartment, job, bedrooms for each of my sisters, parenting classes, counseling, and monitored visits. It all boils down to $$$$$$ I have a blog post about it.

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Shelter, Inc

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Ninety percent of youth in the child welfare system report having been exposed to at least one traumatic event in their life. Each traumatic event can cause invisible wounds that can change how a child develops. OCTOBER IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. Many have experienced more.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The real story of COVID-19 and “child welfare” was not a “pandemic of child abuse” -- that never happened. The state’s child welfare “ombuds” investigated and found that KING got it right. Speaking of dangerous delusions about adoption, check out Prof. Shanta Trivedi’s analysis, in Ms. , NYN Media has that story.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 25, 2022

Family Integrity and Justice Works , the group started by two former top federal child welfare officials, is publishing a quarterly magazine. At long last, it appears America’s racial justice reckoning might be starting to reach child welfare. ? We begin this week not just with one story but with an entire magazine.

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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. For starters, Maine should join the many states in which child welfare court hearings are open.

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Beyond Advocacy

JUNE 13, 2023

Judy Chu (D-CA-28) who worked on the legislation; and Gerry Glynn, Chief Legal Officer for Embrace Families, a state-designated lead agency for child welfare services in several counties in Florida. We will also hear from Duane Price, a young man with experience in foster care whose life was enhanced by getting a car.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

This post is adapted from a virtual presentation I gave last month to the Racial Justice Task Force of the Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Services, Child and Family Law Division. Today the Department of Public Welfare is the Department of Transitional Assistance. One last thought about child welfare and opioids.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JULY 25, 2022

Would she call the suspicion “justifiable” were she, at this very moment, making sure the house was spotless in case of a surprise inspection from CPS – in between her mandatory “counseling” and “parent education” classes? Would she feel that way were she fighting to get her child out of foster care? Two trips to the E.R.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Daily Record that begins this way: After reading Kim Strong’s excellent story about child abuse deaths and implementation of the federal Family First Act in Pennsylvania, some readers may be wondering: Why in the world is that guy you quoted at the end (that would be me) saying we should do more to keep families together?

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

APRIL 18, 2024

They’re putting in monitors to stop the child abuse at Home of the Innocents – abuse exposed in this story from the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting. The new center is just another “counseling” and “parent education” program. No such luck.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2021

I single these stories out not because they are exceptionally awful - there’s far worse out there - but precisely because they are so typical of the journalism of child welfare. So for some of the latter, some forms of counseling and/or parent education are helpful. In fact, a small number of parents are evil.

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Social Workers Speak

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Michigan agencies seek strategies to address child welfare worker shortage. However, the state is currently facing what one industry leader described as a “critical shortage” of child welfare workers. The Pink Report. However, you don’t want just any therapist – Jill A.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

That’s what they’ve done with the concept of “primary prevention” – turning it into another excuse to load families down with meaningless “counseling” and “parenting education.” Family policing systems have a way of co-opting and perverting good ideas.

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Michigan Girl's Café

MAY 26, 2021

Department of Labor New resources (books, essays, films and websites) for additional career exploration The book begins with dispelling myths about the social work profession and how it is different from related fields and disciplines, such as psychology, sociology and counseling.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Often, when I single out for criticism particular stories about “child welfare” – or as it should be called family policing, it’s because the reporter never bothered to even speak to parents who have had their children taken, or to lawyers for such parents. The story suggests counseling and pay raises for the workers.

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Social Workers Speak

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The day also reminds Jasmine McLaughlin, a licensed clinical social worker and founder of Empowered to Thrive Counseling and Wellness , about the importance of mental health. Michigan agencies seek strategies to address child welfare worker shortage. Second Wave Michigan.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Counsellor : They provide counselling and emotional support to individuals and families facing a wide range of challenges, including mental health issues, addiction, and crisis situations. You may also provide direct services, such as counselling or case management, to clients or their families.

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Social Work Haven

MAY 14, 2023

There are a wide range of job positions available in various settings, including healthcare, education, mental health, government agencies, private practice, counseling centers, research organisations and more. Counsellor/Therapist – In this role, social workers provide counselling and therapy to individuals and families.

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Social Work Bubble

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

This can include work, school, child welfare, court involvement, extracurricular activities, faith communities, volunteering, peer support, groups, and everything in between. Have the client draw out the relationships, simply offer insight and guidance into what the lines mean, and explore parties that impact the client’s life.

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Social Work Bubble

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

This can include work, school, child welfare, court involvement, extracurricular activities, faith communities, volunteering, peer support, groups, and everything in between. Have the client draw out the relationships, simply offer insight and guidance into what the lines mean, and explore parties that impact the client’s life.

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Social Work Bubble

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

This can include work, school, child welfare, court involvement, extracurricular activities, faith communities, volunteering, peer support, groups, and everything in between. Have the client draw out the relationships, simply offer insight and guidance into what the lines mean, and explore parties that impact the client’s life.

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KVC

JANUARY 11, 2024

But with learned coping and resiliency skills, necessary substance treatment, counseling or therapy and other trauma-informed support, families can begin healing their generational trauma , break the cycle and stay together. How KVC Helps Families Stay Together Trauma often repeats itself through generations.

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Social Workers Speak

AUGUST 25, 2022

These impacts will ultimately be far more costly to California communities than the price of ensuring that foster youth are adequately taken care of when they enter the child welfare system. Carver School of Social Work was a victim of American fundamentalism, authors explain. Baptist News Global. 2. Are we staying hydrated?

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Social Workers Speak

OCTOBER 14, 2021

“When a child cannot live with their birth parent, almost always the preference would be to place the child with a relative,” said Tyreasa Washington , Child Trends’ senior program area director for child welfare.

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Social Workers Speak

APRIL 15, 2022

Wonderful news’: Funding increases create more optimism for Idaho child welfare system. Crystal Rodenbaugh, a licensed clinical social worker and owner of Tenfold Counseling Group , agrees with Maddie’s conclusion. For some people it felt too little, too late. Idaho Capital Sun. Chalk (University of Kansas).

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Social Workers Speak

DECEMBER 15, 2022

. “During the therapy process, the client and therapist will learn what triggers the client’s anxiety,” says Brent Metcalf, a licensed clinical social worker at Tri Star Counseling. What keeps social workers from rescuing children in unsafe homes and how can child welfare agencies start putting kids’ safety first ?

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Social Work Haven

APRIL 16, 2023

Direct practice involves working with individuals or families to address their specific needs, such as providing counselling or therapy services. Child Welfare Information Gateway. Systemic Theory and Practice in Child Welfare Services: An Overview of the Components of Systemic Practice. Retrieved from [link] 2.

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Social Work Haven

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Why Social Work Is Essential for Supporting Victims of Abuse: This article covers the essential role social workers play in supporting victims of abuse, including assisting with safety planning, connecting them to support services and providing psychological counseling. Counselling clients to make informed decisions that affect their lives.

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Social Workers Speak

MARCH 9, 2023

Karen Monts, director of grief support services & practice manager of counseling services at Hospice of Michigan , highlights these workers and why the work they do is so important. Hospice social workers are a key part of the process and should be honored for the work they do.

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