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If there’s another foster-care panic in NYC, it’s on The New York Times

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

So the public was primed to scapegoat family preservation when Nixzmary Brown died in January, 2006 – leading to a foster-care panic , a sharp sudden increase in the number of children torn from everyone they know and love and consigned to the chaos of foster care. The panic was welcomed by the Times.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending September 26, 2023

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Fong will be interviewed at the second of these two events sponsored by the City University of New York School of Law. Note that you need to register for each separately You can register for the first event here and the second event here.) ● The head of the family police agency in Missouri is bragging that they have reduced foster care.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending December 19, 2023

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backed Indian boarding schools. ● The Imprint also has a story on that new lawsuit that attempts to stop the family police agency in New York City from harassing domestic violence survivors and their families. Another Imprint story looks at recommendations from a foster youth and alumni organization.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending Jan 11, 2022

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The attempt to use family policing to destroy Native American culture didn’t end with the horrible institutions known as “boarding schools.” Foster-care panic is like a fire. Twenty-eight states now require this, though the mandate is not always enforced. ? The Philadelphia Inquirer tells the stories of some of the survivors.

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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. had written, “I am a bad kid” and “I need to behave at school or Mommy and Daddy will be arrested.” In the story, Ms.

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Pushing back on a child welfare poll full of loaded questions

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

The poll that wasn’t rigged Back in the 19 th Century, the white racists who stole Native American children and forced them into hideous boarding schools, and tore apart impoverished immigrant families and forced the children onto so-called “orphan trains” grandly called themselves “child savers.”

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Micro, Mezzo & Macro Social Work

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Mezzo Social Workers have the following jobs: Executive Director of Nonprofit Board Member of Organization Program Director School Social Worker Hospital Administrator Community Center Grant Writer Deputy Director Group Work Facilitator. Mezzo Social Work. Macro Social Work. Finally, Macro Social Work is a broad field of social work.