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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending June 27, 2023

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

. ● 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. ● One of her recommendations: Repeal the so-called Adoption and Safe Families Act. “It And, in a commentary about the ICWA decision in Slate, Prof.

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Office of Research and Scholarship Update – Winter 2022

University of Connecticut

School of Social Work faculty and staff are engaged in collaborative teams that are developing and advancing scholarship to address a diverse range of problems, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, adverse childhood experiences, foster care, homophobia, trauma, aging, and more.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending February 8, 2022

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DOJ has issued a letter ruling that when judges ban such treatment they are violating the federal Americans with Disabilities Act. The Imprint’s weekly podcast features a fascinating interview with Andrea Elliott, author of Invisible Child. ? Now the Department of Justice has stepped in.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending June 6, 2023

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

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. Though not mentioned in the story, this is because a foster-care panic in Illinois has led to a sharp increase in needless removals.) That needs to stop."

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

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

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.