NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JUNE 28, 2023

Now The Imprint reports on how the same agency used the same tactics to undermine legislation to replace anonymous child abuse reporting with confidential reporting. 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. ●

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Or they’d interrogate the child at school. Her hands flew up into the “don’t shoot” position; she was well aware of the recent stories of cops “shooting first and asking later.” She prayed that her 7-year-old son was still asleep in his room. As his mother told The Imprint: “I wasn’t able to protect him like a mother.

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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. Confidentiality: Maintaining strict confidentiality is essential. They keep their promises and follow through on commitments.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Then we’ll let them into the homes of families let them, interview everyone, assess those families, spend an average of 12 minutes every working day investigating the case - and then they can effectively decide if the child will go into foster care. They can effectively decide if the child stays in foster care.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

If anyone still doubts the need to replace anonymous reporting of alleged child abuse with confidential reporting, check out this story from ProPublica. Janell, thrilled to avoid reading time, trotted off to the school office. She would move into foster care, which Janell’s young mind imagined as a form of jail.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JUNE 6, 2023

Also pending before the New York State Legislature: A bill to replace anonymous reporting with confidential reporting. We should remove criminalization of women who are pregnant and taking drugs," Dr. Nora Volkow, head of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), said in an interview. That needs to stop."

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Fong asks in a commentary for the Hartford Courant if the head of the state’s family police agency will make sure there’s no foster-care panic. She writes: DCF has expressed a commitment to keeping families together, and has worked, impressively, to decrease foster care caseloads and refer families to community supports.

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