NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

APRIL 17, 2022

For more than half of all Black children, a child abuse investigation will be part of their childhoods. I also expressed the hope that we would see more stories about such families and more self-reflection within the system and in journalism. So far, it’s not looking good. Abbott at least he might be able to cushion the blow.

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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. Most of all she is wrong to ignore the enormous harm of needless removal. ? Unfortunately, Alberi’s approach is not unusual.

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Educator : Social workers educate clients about resources, coping strategies, and life skills to enhance their well-being and self-sufficiency. 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.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

This side of the child welfare story - what happens to mothers like Alexis after their children enter the system - is seldom seen. If anyone still doubts the need to replace anonymous reporting of alleged child abuse with confidential reporting, check out this story from ProPublica. Here’s how it begins: It was 5:30 a.m.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JULY 5, 2022

A longtime "child welfare" establishment apparatchik says the quiet part out loud Most of the time, the columns that longtime “child welfare” establishment apparatchik Paul DiLorenzo, writes for The Imprint , are just dull regurgitations of establishment talking points. A judge has to approve everything we do.”

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Bill Diamond Every state legislature has one: the lawmaker who rushes to “blast” the state or local “child welfare” agency after a child “known to the system” dies. A brief recap For most of the past 25 years, Maine embraced a take-the-child-and-run approach to child welfare. Some survivors disagree.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Fong writes in The Imprint about why the so-called Adoption and Safe Families Act is “A Dangerous Tool in An Arbitrary System.” --And in this essay, she takes on the harm of mandatory reporting laws. And here’s part two , which explains why “permanency” is to child welfare as “creme" is to food: a fake substitute. ●

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