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20 Success Stories: Mental Health, Family Reunification, Foster Care and Adoption Support Transform Lives

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These stories came from youth and families we’ve served, foster or adoptive families who support our mission, and KVC team members who provide in-home family therapy and support, mental health treatment, foster care, adoption, inpatient children’s psychiatric treatment or other life-changing services.

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How to take action and improve the public’s perception of social work

Community Care

Photo: Daniel/AdobeStock Improve and encourage media coverage of events such as Foster Care Fortnight, ideally co-ordinated across the country. Ensure a steady supply of press releases to local newspapers; also use social media to communicate successes.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending February 6, 2024

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

They parked her in foster care while waiting to institutionalize her. From The Columbian: A Kelso man formerly employed as a Child Protective Services case worker is facing charges of third-degree child molestation and communication with a minor for immoral purposes after he allegedly sexually abused a child under his care.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, weeks ending Nov. 28, 2023

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

ProPublica reports that The new rules would also restrict states from spending TANF funds on child protective services investigations, foster care or any other programs that don’t meet the fundamental purposes of welfare: strengthening poor families and keeping them together. Sarah Font. But she did not see her mother. she wondered.

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Foster carers feel ‘cut adrift’ by social workers when facing allegations

Community Care

Carers felt they were assumed to be guilty, undervalued and ostracised from the team around the child, said the charity, in a report analysing findings from its 2021 State of the Nation Foster Care. In the instances where the children in foster care were removed, 78% of the allegations were deemed unfounded or unsubstantiated.

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Better relationships with children’s social workers ‘key to tackling foster carer crisis’

Community Care

Better relationships with children’s social workers is a key factor in tackling a foster carer recruitment and retention “crisis”, says The Fostering Network. That was among the findings from its latest State of the Nation’s Foster Care report, this year based on a survey of 3,352 carers and 99 fostering services.

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

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KVC’s shared services teams are Accounting, Ball Conference Center , Business Information Technology , Employee Engagement, Fund Development, Human Resources, the KVC Institute , Legal, and Marketing & Communications. See below or click here to see a helpful graphic that shows what our continuum of care is. KVC Kansas.