NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

New York City Council chamber (And why are members of the Left-leaning City Council buying into a right-wing narrative about homelessness?) I have written before about how mandatory child abuse reporting laws backfire. They overload child welfare systems – or as they should be called, “family policing systems” -- with false reports and cases in which poverty is confused with neglect , stealing time from finding the few children in real danger.

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The Guardian

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

UK medical records over 21 years show both groups survived less time after diagnosis than white counterparts Britons of black and south Asian origin with dementia die younger and sooner after being diagnosed than white people, research has found. South Asian people die 2.97 years younger and black people 2.66 years younger than their white counterparts, according to a study by academics from University College London and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

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A Splintered Mind

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Earlier this year, I admitted to myself that my current coping strategies weren’t fighting off my depression as effectively as they were before. Had they simply stopped working, or had something fundamental changed inside of me? The answer was complicated. Obviously, my coping strategies weren’t working since I spent more than half of the days each week struggling to keep my spirits up, but for the longest time, I was too sick to do anything about it.

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Famcare

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

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Living Sober

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

This week’s Sober Story comes from Penny, a 42-year-old living in Raleigh, North Carolina in the US. (Her username here at LS is 'Lucky Frieda' or tag as @lupita) = Mrs D: How long have you been in recovery? Penny: I have been in recovery for a little over three years, since August 24, 2019. Mrs D: What can you […] Sober Story: Penny was first posted on September 19, 2022 at 10:01 am. ©2019 " Living Sober " Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only.

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Beyond Advocacy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The Congressional Research Institute for Social Work and Policy (CRISP) and the National Foster Youth Initiative (NFYI) will convene a Congressional Briefing tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. in Room HVC 201 in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, First Street and East Capitol Street, Washington, DC 20515, to explore legislative remedies should the Supreme Court overturn the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA).

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