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Number of children in need falls for third straight year to lowest point since 2013

Community Care

The number of children in need in England has fallen for the third successive year, to its lowest level since 2013, according to official government figures. Closures due to lockdown measures during this period led to a 31% decline in referrals from schools and a 7% decrease overall, which contributed to the falls in interventions.

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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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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending December 14, 2021

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

That means that if a parent is thinking of asking for help, such as HeadStart child care, emergency housing, domestic violence support, substance abuse counseling, or Applied Behavior Analysis therapy funded by the state, they should be prepared to deal with [the city’s family police agency, the Administration for Children’s Services]. …

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NCCPR news and commentary year in review, 2022

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

But Jessamine Chan’s The School for Good Mothers is no ordinary novel. The Western New England Law Review has a superb summary of the research showing the enormous harm to children caused when they are taken from domestic violence survivors. And on public radio’s The Takeaway , she made host Melissa Harris-Perry gasp. ●

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Logan Mwangi review sparks government action on safeguarding but no children’s care inquiry

Community Care

Wales remains the only UK nation not to have commissioned a review of its children’s social care services, after the Welsh Government resisted calls to do so following the inquiry into Logan Mwangi’s murder. ” Call for minimum period for social work court assessments.

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Celebrating Black History Month

Shelter, Inc

African Americans have made monumental contributions in every facet of our history from science, medicine, the military, the arts, entertainment, literature, industry, commerce, government, and every other area that has helped shape our country, including children’s welfare. Even her father objected.

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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.”