CO4Kids
JUNE 9, 2025
Back to Blogs Parent Partner Blog Single foster mom has fostered over 300 kids Sandra Robinson had worked with kids as a school bus driver and a youth leader in her church when she became a foster parent in 1996. Over the last 29 years, Sandra has fostered over 300 children and youth. Sandra is now a therapeutic foster parent who specializes in working with teen girls, many of whom come from residential facilities.
Social Work Blog
JUNE 9, 2025
NASW Press invites you to decide before you buy! Faculty affiliated with a US university or college can place an order for books that they are considering adopting for the classroom. You will have 90 days to make a decision. Visit the NASW Press website to learn more and check out some of our titles below. Social Work Speaks: National Association of Social Workers Policy Statements 2024–2027 (13th Edition) is a comprehensive and unabridged collection of policies, including those adopted and revi
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Children’s Defense Fund
JUNE 9, 2025
Contact: Alexandra Fitzsimmons, afitzsimmons@childrensdefense.org , CDF-MN Senior Policy Director John Henry, jhenry@childrensdefense.org , CDF Media Relations Manager, 708-646-7679 St. Paul, MINNESOTA – Children’s Defense Fund-Minnesota (CDF-MN) welcomes recent news from the 2025 KIDS COUNT Data Book that Minnesota ranks as the fifth-best state in the nation for child well-being.
Michigan Social Work
JUNE 9, 2025
So’Phelia Morrow, Joint Doctoral Program in Social Work and Sociology, has successfully defended her dissertation entitled has successfully defended"Killing Us Softly: Intimate Partner Violence and The Forced Martyrdom of Black Women." Her committee included Terri Friedline (co-chair) and Rich Tolman. Morrow has accepted an assistant professor of social work position at Wayne State University.
Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Community Engagement
There’s more than one way to end the year with impact—and we’re letting you decide the direction. In this "choose your own adventure" community-led webinar, attendees will vote in real time to pick one of three year-end event strategies to explore in depth: Volunteer Appreciation Events 🧡 Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Campaigns 🌈 Mission/Program Celebrations 🎉 Once the path is chosen, we’ll dive into a step-by-step engagement workflow plan tailored to that format, showing how
CO4Kids
JUNE 9, 2025
Back to Blogs News & Press Colorado Celebrates National Reunification Month by Honoring Families and Advocates Denver [June 9, 2025] — In recognition of National Reunification Month 2025, the Colorado Office of Respondent Parents’ Counsel (ORPC), the Office of Children, Youth, and Families (OCYF) within the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS), the Colorado Court Improvement Program (CIP), Colorado Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), and the Colorado Office of the Child’s
Children’s Defense Fund
JUNE 9, 2025
Data shows Ohio’s child poverty rate remains unchanged , affecting child well-being, the Annie E. Casey Foundation finds COLUMBUS, OHIO — Children’s Defense Fund-Ohio calls on state lawmakers to take stronger action to support children and young people, following the release of new data that shows Ohio ranks in the bottom half nationwide for child well-being.
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Community Care
JUNE 9, 2025
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Pay for children’s home staff is over 20% higher in local authority than private sector services, research has revealed. Staff without supervisory responsibilities who worked for councils earned £3-£3.75 more than similarly-experienced counterparts in the private sector, which accounts for the vast majority of staff, found the Department for Education’s (DfE) 2024 children’
Children’s Defense Fund
JUNE 9, 2025
Basic needs programs like Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and the Child Tax Credit are not optional; they are essential. Media Contact: John Henry, jhenry@childrensdefense.org , Media Relations Manager, 708-646-7679 WASHINGTON, DC —Today, the national youth advocacy organization Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) delivered a letter to U.S.
The Child and Family Corp
JUNE 9, 2025
Key takeaways for caregivers Many caregivers and policymakers around the world are concerned about possible effects of excessive screen time on children’s healthy development. While a growing number of individuals and groups advocate for a total ban on young children’s screen use, it is important to also consider the potential benefits technology can offer.
The International Association Of Schools Of Social
JUNE 9, 2025
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Speaker: Jennifer Hill
Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.
Social Work Blog
JUNE 9, 2025
From the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum to the great deep-dish debate, while you’re in Chicago for #NASW2025, here’s a guide to the city’s must-see sights, activities, and eats! By Faye Beard Did you know Chicago is a metropolis of more than 7,300 restaurants, 600 parks, 250 live music venues, and some of the largest museums in the country? That’s a lot of ground to cover for attendees of the National Association of Social Workers Annual Conference during June 14–June 19.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
JUNE 9, 2025
Missouri's "child welfare" agency, the Children's Division, offers a lesson in how to sabotage reform Missouri officials’ work undermining a reform effort makes clear that such efforts will have only limited success unless mandatory reporting is, at a minimum, curbed Last week The Journal , a publication of the Kansas Leadership Center looked next door to Missouri as part of a project exploring “health solutions” in that state.
Children’s Defense Fund
JUNE 9, 2025
Media Contact: John Henry, jhenry@childrensdefense.org , Media Relations Manager, 708-646-7679 AUSTIN, TX —Children’s Defense Fund-Texas, youth and immigrant advocates, faith communities, and members of Texas’ business community warn a recent lawsuit and settlement between the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the state could harm both immigrant students and Texas’ economic future.
Social Work Blog
JUNE 9, 2025
By Mel Wilson, NASW Senior Policy Advisor The deployment of federal troops against American citizens, especially in direct opposition to the concerns of state and local leadership, represents an unacceptable overreach of executive power. This is what has occurred in Los Angeles. It goes without saying that such an action undermines the core principles of democracy, disregarding the constitutional rights that protect people from governmental authoritarianism.
Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand
Do you really know your donors? Not just what they give, but who they are? 👥 In this interactive session, we’ll break down how nonprofits can use behavioral indicators (affinity, recency, frequency, and monetary value) to build prospecting segments that go beyond wealth screening and actually align with donor identity. You’ll walk away with practical strategies to move beyond basic demographics and cultivate supporters based on how they already engage with you!
Children’s Defense Fund
JUNE 9, 2025
Federal troop deployments and aggressive enforcement actions threaten the well-being and rights of children, young people across California. Media Contact: John Henry, jhenry@childrensdefense.org , Media Relations Manager, 708-646-7679 LOS ANGELES, CA — Children’s Defense Fund–California has issued the following statement in response to recent actions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the National Guard in California: “The White House deployment of the National Guard to the
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