Fri.Nov 18, 2022

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The British people ‘just got a lot poorer’, says IFS thinktank

The Guardian

UK has scored ‘a series of economic own goals’, Institute for Fiscal Studies says after autumn statement Autumn statement: key points at a glance Autumn statement 2022: all our coverage The British people “just got a lot poorer” after a series of “economic own goals” that have made a recovery much harder than it might have been, a leading thinktank has said.

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Our annual reminder: End "child welfare"’s public celebration of family executions

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

On this Saturday - “National Adoption Day” - who will stop to remember that for some children and some young adults every mass adoption ceremony, every treacly feature story on the local news is an act of cruelty – ripping the scab off a wound that never fully heals? Termination of parental rights is child welfare's "death penalty." So why do some of the very judges who order a family "executed" preside over public celebrations of the aftermath?

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A time to be thankful – a message from our CEO

National Casa Gal

Special thanks go to our volunteers – all 97,900 of them – for the incredible work that they do. Read More. The post A time to be thankful – a message from our CEO appeared first on National CASA/GAL Association for Children.

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Never Again

Living Sober

I remember just before I hit 90 days sober being asked if I’d ever drink again. I remember saying very clearly at that time, “No. I will never drink alcohol ever again.” Seems crazy looking back that I was so clear on that fact at such an early stage in my sobriety, but I was. Right from the early days […] Never Again was first posted on November 19, 2022 at 9:18 am. ©2019 " Living Sober " Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only.

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5 Must Haves for Case Management

Thousands of nonprofits rely on case management software to help collect data, manage programs, coordinate with agencies, and provide life-changing health and human services. Adopting a cloud-based case management platform is essential for nonprofits and government agencies to operate more efficiently and make better use of their funding and budget.

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Eliminating Racism Becomes 13th Challenge as Initiative Evolves: The Latest Issue of Social Work Advocates Is Available Online

Social Work Blog

In case you missed it, here are some of the features in the latest issue of Social Work Advocates: Grand Challenges for Social Work: Eliminating Racism Becomes 13th Challenge as Initiative Evolves. The Grand Challenges initiative, launched in 2016, continues to evolve to meet society’s needs—including the addition in 2020 of the 13th Challenge to Eliminate Racism.

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The promised community mental healthcare that never came | Letters

The Guardian

Jim Cosgrove and Elizabeth Sarah describe how, in the 1980s under Thatcher’s government, residential mental health units were closed with the false assurance they would be replaced with care in the community I applaud Jay Watts for illuminating the emotional, therapeutic and practical shortfalls in England’s mental healthcare delivery ( England’s mental healthcare lacks money, yes – but it also lacks compassion, 10 November ).