NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

APRIL 6, 2022

Twenty years ago, Penn Law Professor (and NCCPR Board Member) Dorothy Roberts changed the landscape of “child welfare” when she literally wrote the book on racial bias in family policing: Shattered Bonds: The Color of Child Welfare. The extent to which even the mainstream is beginning to understand what Prof.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

As the research summarized in NCCPR’s new Issue Paper makes clear, this has backfired – creating a massive child welfare surveillance state that scares families away from seeking help, overloads the system with false reports, trivial cases and poverty cases, and leaves workers even less time to find the few children in real danger.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

As with her social care ministerial predecessors, Tolhurst’s brief will also encompass other issues concerning disadvantaged and vulnerable children, including special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and early help.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2022

In New York, that state’s Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights is going to launch an investigation into “possible violations of Black families’ civil and constitutional rights by the New York child welfare system.” ? One might think the federal Americans with Disabilities Act would help.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

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

DECEMBER 20, 2022

What happened to Detlaff is just one example of “child welfare” and the moral bankruptcy of social work. This one takes on what may be the most dangerous phrase in the family policing lexicon: “best interests of the child.” That’s why he’s no longer the dean. (He He continues as a professor.) I have a blog post about it.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

● When the miracle cure turns out to be snake oil: There’s still another problem with Pittsburgh's predictive analytics “child welfare” algorithm. Department of Justice has launched an investigation into whether the algorithm discriminates against families in which a parent is disabled. ● I have some additional context here. ●

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

APRIL 16, 2023

It happens to foster youth who are entitled to Social Security Disability or Survivor benefits. Only in a system as morally bankrupt as “child welfare” could it be considered acceptable to make children pay an allowance to their substitute parents. It might be legal – though even that is a gray area.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MARCH 7, 2023

They were afraid of social services,” a parent with disabilities (one of the groups most vulnerable to family policing), told The Colorado Sun. The comment is part of an in-depth examination of mandatory child abuse reporting laws in Colorado – which are pretty much like the laws everywhere else.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 26, 2023

But i nstead of getting more money directly into the hands of poor families, they’re going to give up to $10 million over five years to some consultant or other – to teach mandatory reporters and child abuse hotline operators how to stop confusing poverty with neglect! Family policing is one of America’s ugliest exports.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

AUGUST 29, 2023

. ● Also in Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh’s highly-touted predictive analytics family policing algorithm reportedly is under investigation for bias against the disabled. Sarah Lorr’s new article about pervasive family police discrimination against disabled families, reviewed here (with a link to the full article) by Prof. Josh Gupta-Kagan.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

(The agencies call it “child support” but listen closely at 36:23 in, and you’ll hear Imprint editor John Kelly use the R-word :-)) The interview starts at 16:40 in. Department of Justice concerning possible bias against the disabled. Commission on Civil Rights says that state needs more safeguards and transparency for such algorithms.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JUNE 28, 2023

. ● Also in New York, but applicable everywhere: This Daily News op-ed from family defenders on why the worst way to respond to child abuse fatalities is foster-care panic. ● One of her recommendations: Repeal the so-called Adoption and Safe Families Act. In some parts of the country, they’ve done it with Reunification Month celebrations.

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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. ● She thinks even aging out can be better not only than returning to their own homes (an outcome to which she’s long been hostile) but even to guardianship with extended family.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Even when a child isn’t taken, the trauma inflicted by the child welfare surveillance state is huge. “In Although it doesn’t get as much attention as the other populations targeted by family policing, children of disabled parents also are more likely to be forced into foster care. They tried to shut out opponents like J.

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Doin' The Work

AUGUST 3, 2020

Transcription services provided by FIU’s Disability Resource Center. . We discuss accountability and safety, as well as links to child welfare and social work. Transcription services provided by FIU’s Disability Resource Center. . We discuss accountability and safety, as well as links to child welfare and social work.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MARCH 15, 2023

But I should explain at the top why this commentary is on a blog about the “child welfare” system. AFA’s members include some of the most strident supporters of tearing apart more families and some of those deepest in denial about racism in child welfare. She also condemned the Indian Child Welfare Act.

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Social Work Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Q: Why did you decide to become a social worker and work in the child welfare arena? A child welfare social worker meets with her clients. Williams: As a child, outside of my mother and aunt, I did not have a lot of guidance and stability from adults to teach me how to carry myself in a mature and respectful manner.

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Michigan Girl's Café

MARCH 15, 2019

the settlement house movement, Progressive era, and New Deal policies such as Social Security, disability insurance, workers' compensation, and so forth). Macro social work practice is underrepresented in the social work profession, yet the origins and foundation of social work is rooted in macro-level processes (e.g.

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KVC

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

If you are in another state, please contact your nearest state child welfare agency office. If you’re not called to be a foster parent, but you still want to use your personal resources to help a child in foster care, attending or sponsoring our events are great options. Attend or Sponsor a KVC Event.

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University of Connecticut

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Improving College Outcomes for Foster Care Youth In a study published by the Journal of Public Child Welfare, Assistant Professor of Social Work Nate Okpych investigated how a federal law increasing the foster care age limit might affect postsecondary outcomes for foster care youth.

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KVC

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Unaware or unaccepting of their peer’s differences : The reasons for being bullied cited most often by students were physical appearance, race/ethnicity, gender, disability, religion, and sexual orientation. It becomes a learned behavior that is carried on into the classroom. What Can You Do To Prevent Bullying?

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MARCH 22, 2023

From the story: The Hackneys, who have developmental disabilities, are struggling to understand how taking their daughter to the hospital when she refused to eat could be seen as so neglectful that she’d need to be taken from her home. Justice Department is asking the same question. … The New York Times also has a story. ● Here’s the audio.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Child Welfare Specialist : Social workers in this role focus on the safety and well-being of children, often within the context of child protective services or foster care systems. Therapist : Clinical social workers provide therapy to individuals, couples, and families, addressing mental health and emotional challenges.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

But, particularly when it comes to substance use, some of these courts exist where so much of the child welfare establishment does, at the intersection of ignorance and arrogance. DOJ has issued a letter ruling that when judges ban such treatment they are violating the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

That’s because it’s meant specifically for those who have read a study concocted by a who’s who of family policing’s “caucus of denial” – those who claim that, somehow, child welfare is magically immune from the racism that infects every other aspect of American life. Therefore “child welfare” isn’t racist.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 2, 2022

The biggest problem with the so-called “child welfare” system is that it has nothing to do with the welfare of children. By ruthlessly cutting people from welfare roles, states built up surpluses that are supposed to be used to help those same impoverished families become self-sufficient.

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Social Work Haven

DECEMBER 4, 2022

In social work, various articles cover topics such as social work articles on mental health, social work articles on domestic violence, social work articles on learning disabilities, medical social work articles, school social work articles and clinical social work articles. Social Work Quotes. Some of these articles are free to access.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JUNE 6, 2023

Also in New York City, The 74 reports, Across the nation’s largest [school] district, parents of students with disabilities who speak up on behalf of their children say they are being charged with allegations of child abuse or neglect — a tactic advocates say schools use to intimidate parents and coerce them into dropping their concerns.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MARCH 30, 2022

The Family Justice Law Center “will use affirmative litigation to seek justice for families mistreated by the child welfare system. The Biden Administration is proposing some significant changes – for the better – in child welfare finance. OK, now that you’re back – in other news: ? I have a blog post about it. ?

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

AUGUST 24, 2023

And then, much later: “[T]he harms of Defendants’ failures disproportionately fall on already marginalized youth—youth of color, queer youth, pregnant and parenting youth, and youth with disabilities—as these youth are vastly over-represented in the Los Angeles County foster care population.”

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Michigan Social Work

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

He has been the editor for the journal Child Welfare, director of the Michigan State University School of Social Work, and has served in Michigan on the Governor’s Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect. Diego Bernal, MSW ‘01 Representative, Texas House of Representatives. Bernal was born in South Texas and raised in San Antonio.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

as refuges, IDPs, asylum seekers, public health issues, victims of gender based violence, disabled people, children in the state care, street connected youth, homeless people, elderly, and etc.) Child Welfare. Disability. Inequality, Poverty, and Social Welfare Policy. Aging Services and Gerontology. Mental Health.

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Shelter, Inc

JANUARY 11, 2022

Those with mental health concerns, substance abuse, or disabilities. Juveniles in the child welfare system. Victims: While anyone can be a victim, the most vulnerable are the most at risk, such as: Children not old enough to understand. Runaway or homeless youth. Youths with low self-esteem. Members of the LGBTQ+ Community.

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Shelter, Inc

JANUARY 11, 2022

Those with mental health concerns, substance abuse, or disabilities. Juveniles in the child welfare system. Victims: While anyone can be a victim, the most vulnerable are the most at risk, such as: Children not old enough to understand. Runaway or homeless youth. Youths with low self-esteem. Members of the LGBTQ+ Community.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JULY 20, 2022

If you’re relatively new to all of this, take 20 minutes to let Joyce McMillan of JMacForFamilies give you an overview of how the system really works in this podcast from Black Agenda Report: Black Agenda Radio · Child Welfare System Damages Black Children and Families ? Two federal agencies condemned Massachusetts over this.

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Teaching & Learning in Social Work

JANUARY 20, 2021

Carol, a school social worker, serves youth with serious physical disabilities. It is well-established that children with disabilities are also at higher risk of abuse and neglect, and so the stressors of COVID leave them more vulnerable in multiple ways. #3 But child welfare workers are invisible. She feels guilt.

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