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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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The story begins this way: Growing up Latino in Massachusetts carries a greater risk of entering the foster system than anywhere else in the nation, and for those who end up in foster homes — as well as those who are the subject of child welfare investigations — the consequences can be devastating. Please, Mommy.

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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. That history goes back well over a century.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Here are 10 roles of social workers, but this list is by no means exhaustive: Advocate : Social workers often act as advocates for their clients, working to ensure their rights and needs are met within various systems and institutions. TRENDING CONTENT ON SOCIAL WORK HAVEN What is the main role of a social worker?

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2021

There’s a story, albeit buried toward the end, about children torn from their mother just because the mother was a victim of domestic violence. But all the while, Gualtieri’s office continues to shovel kids into those very conditions by tearing apart families at one of the highest rates in the state. Where have I heard that before? ?

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