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What Does KVC Stand For?

KVC

KVC’s Positive Impact Grows Nationally During the 1980-90s, KVC grew to represent one of the broadest child welfare and behavioral healthcare continuums of care in the nation. We work locally, one child, family and community at a time, while also influencing the fields of child welfare and mental health nationally.

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NASW Press Holiday Sale: Save 25% Off Select Books and eBooks!

Social Work Blog

South Asians in the United States, South Asians explores the immigration patterns, religious diversity, and languages and cultures that shape this community. Chapters examine distinct content areas, such as child welfare, aging, the climate crisis, and forced migration.

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Maine’s child welfare ombudsman is dangerously wrong

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

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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Alumni Honored with SSW Distinguished Alumni Awards

Michigan Social Work

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. Before joining MCYJ in 2014, Smith co-managed a youth diversion program in Skokie, IL.

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Increasing access to high-fidelity Cognitive Therapy for underserved populations

Society of Clinical Psychology

Guest blog author Dr. Torrey Creed discusses a recently published article in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology focused on implementing trans diagnostic cognitive therapy in diverse community settings with the Beck Community Initiative. Hofmann et al., Further, selecting the “right” EBP in which to invest can be complex.

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

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

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.