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“Child welfare” and racism: Children’s Rights steps up

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

The Complaint alleges that the two largest counties in Minnesota, Hennepin and Ramsey, engage in systematic, rampant, racially biased needless investigation and surveillance of families and needless removal of children. In Minnesota the power rests with law enforcement – and they abuse it constantly.

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The $20 million boondoggle that perfectly illustrates the banality of child welfare thinking

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

But it’s hard to imagine anything that more perfectly captures the banality of child welfare thinking than this waste of $20 million: Five organizations will spend this federal grant money to create a “Quality Improvement Center on Engaging Youth in Finding Permanency.” And what will these groups do with the $20 million?

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What About Social Justice? Engaging in Environmental Justice Work

The New Social Worker

It is important for us, as social workers, to enhance our knowledge about the impact of the environment on the health, welfare, and life span of diverse groups. What is the role of social work in relation to environmental justice?

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When “child welfare” oppressors demand that the oppressed be nice to them, it’s just one more form of oppression

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Attention child welfare garden partiers: The skunks have arrived Every year, the Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse holds a four-day virtual extravaganza featuring more than 100 panels and speakers from around the world. In the past, this event was essentially a garden party for the child welfare establishment.

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Child Abuse Prevention Month

Social Work Blog

Below is an advocacy opportunity, educational resources, and related organizations to help social workers and others engage in Child Abuse Prevention Month.

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Trina Shanks Named Fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare

Michigan Social Work

Trina Shanks was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare. The Academy is an honorific society of distinguished scholars and practitioners dedicated to achieving excellence in the field of social work and social welfare through high-impact work that advances social good.

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Notes from the Future – March 14, 2023

Social Work Futures

Get involved – this is a very engaging and visionary group. This recent piece about what is happening with Atlanta’s “Cop City” initiative, related resistance and the escalation of legal challenges for activists engaged in actions brings home how the issues of dissent are becoming more urgent.

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