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A Helpful Guide to KVC’s Mental Health and Child Welfare Services in Kansas and Missouri

KVC

If you are wondering what mental health and child welfare services KVC provides and in which areas, this guide is for you! The Executive Team also includes Erin Stucky, Chief Operations Officer; Chad Anderson, Chief Clinical Officer; Lonnie Johnson, Chief Information Officer; and Sherri Lohe, Chief Financial Officer.

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KVC Health Systems Ranks in Top 1% of Employers Nationwide with 77 Work Wellbeing Score

KVC

This began a shift to reclaim the values-driven culture of KVC’s early days, creating a highly engaged, exceptional place to work. Learn more about work wellbeing and engagement, how KVC has created a positive, supportive culture, and how that culture benefits employees, clients, and supporters alike.

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Shelter, Inc. Receives National Accreditation

Shelter, Inc

is a child welfare agency that works to end the cycle of child abuse and neglect through comprehensive and community-based services for children and families at risk and in need. Over 2,000 organizations have either successfully achieved accreditation or are currently engaged in the process. Shelter, Inc. Shelter, Inc. Shelter Inc.

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“They’re not your children anymore.” Notes on news coverage of a landmark lawsuit

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

The Complaint filed by the Family Justice Law Center , the New York University School of Law Family Defense Clinic and two private law firms – especially the introductory section – reads like great journalism. Or does ACS prefer a system that allows it to engage in maximum feasible buck-passing? So I reprinted that part, in full.

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Celebrate Black History Month with NASW Press: 15% Off Select Books and eBooks, February 1-29

Social Work Blog

Using firsthand accounts from 200 Black adolescents, Black Male Youth Raised in Public Systems: Engagement, Healing, Hope validates the fears, anxieties, and complexities of these youth. African American Leadership: An Empowerment Tradition in Social Welfare History , edited by Iris B.

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NASW Press Reads for Policy, Advocacy, and Impact!

Social Work Blog

This thought-provoking and reader-friendly text prepares students for class engagement, lobbying activities, meeting with legislators, and serving their local communities. The ensuing chapters examine poverty and its impact on children and adolescents, older adults, adults with disabilities, veterans, immigrants, and other vulnerable groups.

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News Items – September 8, 2022

Social Workers Speak

Mayo Clinic. Many people suffer from functional PTSD, which is like, ‘Yeah, this stuff has happened, but I’m moving on,’” explains Bhanu Joy Harrison , a licensed clinical social worker who specializes in mindful approaches to trauma resolution. Allison Becker is a member: How might abortion restrictions impact child welfare in WNC?

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