NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

APRIL 4, 2024

Faced with one revelation after another about tragedies involving children previously known to the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services, that agency has come up with a knee-jerk response that is simple, obvious and wrong: a worst-in-the-nation mad rush to tear far more children away from their families.

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Michigan Social Work

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Together with Jewish Family Services of Washtenaw County and local schools throughout Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, Cureton will work with refugee youth to capture their pre-migration and resettlement experiences.

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Martin Webber

MARCH 3, 2019

Our work with Jewish Family Services in Atlantic County, New Jersey.

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Famcare

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

million non-profit organizations and a vast human services network. From child and family services to juvenile justice, veteran services, senior services, and mental health services, the United States has a plethora of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) dedicated to the betterment of humanity.

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Famcare

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Social workers in the US have a lot on their plates working for a variety of social services, such as child welfare, senior services, veteran services, and juvenile justice. Casework in US social services is difficult, whether it is tending to family services difficulties or making sure that foster children have enough support.

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Community Care

MARCH 14, 2022

The Department for Education (DfE) said it recognised the “pressures that councils are facing on children’s services” and that some of the £4.8bn increase in government grant funding for councils over the next three years announced at last year’s spending review would go towards addressing this.

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Shelter, Inc

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Shelter is proud to announce a $2,000,000 grant from the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) to partner with Let It Be Us for a new Emergency Foster Care Program. Being removed from their home, for whatever reason, is a traumatic time for a young person, and having a soft place to land is critical.

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Famcare

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

In child and family services, the mission no longer ends at removing an endangered child from a dysfunctional household but now extends to how a Child Welfare Agency might help the child grow into a productive member of society.

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The Guardian

MARCH 9, 2023

Those in need are paying the price The net loss of social workers from children and families services should rightly ring alarm bells in Westminster and across the country ( Social workers in England quitting in record numbers, 23 February ). The social care workforce has faced a decade of Tory neglect, writes Dr Phoebe Beedell.

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Michigan Social Work

MARCH 11, 2022

Community Partner: Shadin Adityeh, Director of Employment and Economic Empowerment Programs, Jewish Family Services of Washtenaw County and Detroit. Welcome to the Motor City: Exploring Refugee Resettlement Among Afghan Refugees and Beyond. Faculty Member: Assistant Professor Ashley Cureton. Tuxedo Project Community Map.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 16, 2023

Just over a year ago, a performance audit by the Montana Legislature’s Audit Division confirmed that the all-purpose excuse for this offered up by the state’s family policing agency, the Child and Family Services Division (CFSD) – drugs -- was, to put it kindly, nonsense. The chance comes in the form of a bill, HB-37.

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Social Workers Speak

JUNE 8, 2023

Javier Alvarado is a member of NASW-PA: Intercultural Family Services plans to scale up services and increase visibility under newly appointed CEO The Philadelphia Inquirer He has only been in the top spot for two weeks, but one of the things Javier Alvarado plans to do is raise the profile of Intercultural Family Services, Inc.

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Social Workers Speak

JUNE 8, 2023

Javier Alvarado is a member of NASW-PA: Intercultural Family Services plans to scale up services and increase visibility under newly appointed CEO The Philadelphia Inquirer He has only been in the top spot for two weeks, but one of the things Javier Alvarado plans to do is raise the profile of Intercultural Family Services, Inc.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MARCH 8, 2024

Because it so benefits both ACS and the state agency that runs the hotline, the Office of Children and Family Services. . ● He likes things the way they are because they enable Maximum Feasible Buckpassing. I’m thinking it’s the third one. That means it also benefits the mayor and the governor.

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Save the Social Worker

APRIL 4, 2023

Here’s what I think might help you to have a more sustainable career, 2 years after working in a family service centre as a social worker. This could potentially build an even stronger culture of support for you to develop your career in the social services. Are you leading your own growth, or is the organisation leading you?

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2023

I would have thought the toys were meant to help the kids; but, in any event, it’s not much help in a state that tears apart families at the second highest rate in America.)

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 16, 2022

Perhaps now, thanks to a performance audit of the Child and Family Services Division, lawmakers will face up to the harm done by Montana’s dubious distinction, child removal capital of America.

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Social Work Bubble

MARCH 14, 2022

Micro Social Work is direct-practice work in which a social worker meets with individuals, families, and small groups to support their treatment needs and improve their quality of life.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2023

It’s the New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS). In New York, county governments (and New York City) run family policing. Even had that therapist realized how much harm it would do to call in a report, the therapist may well have felt s/he had no choice. OCFS theoretically performs oversight.

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Shelter, Inc

JANUARY 11, 2022

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (IDCFS) reported that in 2020, 102 children died in Illinois alone from abuse or neglect. According to the American Society for the Positive Care of Children (SPCC), five children in the U.S. die every day from abuse.

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Shelter, Inc

JANUARY 11, 2022

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (IDCFS) reported that in 2020, 102 children died in Illinois alone from abuse or neglect. According to the American Society for the Positive Care of Children (SPCC), five children in the U.S. die every day from abuse.

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Save the Social Worker

MARCH 13, 2023

After 2 years being a social worker in a Family Service Centre (FSC) in Singapore, earning all of $3600 per month, before having a pay bump to $3690 in my second year (which I asked for), I realised that we were so sheepish about talking about money, that social workers were actually struggling. And you can’t think about money.

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Social Work Bubble

MARCH 14, 2022

Micro Social Work Micro Social Work is direct-practice work in which a social worker meets with individuals, families, and small groups to support their treatment needs and improve their quality of life.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

MAY 30, 2023

In Los Angeles, the family policing agency – which takes away children at one of the highest rates among big cities – is known as the Department of Children and Family Services. But, as the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition explains in a new report, DCFS Stands for Dividing and Conquering Families.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JULY 25, 2023

And finally, we are pleased to announce that the Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Division of Children and Family Services is the winner of NCCPR’s first Family Policing Euphemism of the Year award!

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Social Workers Speak

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

My caseload is very high, so it takes me longer to get back to phone calls with my clients, and they’re also waiting longer for services,” said Cherrish Vick, a family services case worker at the Prince George’s County Department of Social Services.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 10, 2023

It’s standard operating procedure for Chicago Public Schools to do this to children – and for DCFS (the Department of Children and Family Services) to investigate. Mom was late picking her up from school. Good thing they don’t have anything else to do. Unfortunately Chicago is not alone. It also happens in Washington, D.C. ●

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The Frontline

JULY 11, 2022

We’re excited for this opportunity to improve outcomes for children and families by supporting high quality leadership, based on an understanding of what works.” .

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

APRIL 27, 2022

As Molly Parker writes : News stories about child welfare tend to stake out one of two positions: They take agencies like [the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services] to task for missing numerous and seemingly obvious red flags leading to a child’s death; or they draw attention to cases where children have been unnecessarily removed.

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Social Workers Speak

JUNE 3, 2022

Adults should listen and be prepared to respond to a range of questions depending on their child’s age, said Colleen Parks, a licensed clinical social worker at the DeKalb County Family Service Agency. Anne’s President/CEO, Lorna Little, LCSW, advocates for youth and family development with innovative programming. LA Sentinel.

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Save the Social Worker

DECEMBER 12, 2023

You may think this is a joke, but with average case loads being around 32 in Singapore’s Family Service Centre , you might really have to work through that many. This is necessary so you don’t waste time scrolling through 92 pages of case notes just to find that one client you missed out.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 19, 2022

The good news The good news in this document is entirely in one section, “Invest in Supportive Services.” There’s also a glaring omission: childcare.)

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Gateway Foundation

AUGUST 17, 2022

Your program may include additional holistic treatments, trauma and family services or diagnosis and treatment for any co-existing disorders. Our individualized treatments draw from science and evidence-based care, and we build out each program to fit your unique needs and goals.

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Social Workers Speak

JULY 1, 2022

“We have been providing adoption services since 1964. We also have pregnancy services which helps anyone who is experiencing a crisis pregnancy or an unplanned pregnancy,” said Stephanie Sterling, the Director of Family Services, at Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Baton Rouge. Neurology Live. “No

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Social Workers Speak

DECEMBER 16, 2021

When children lack a stable, permanent home, their “sense of self is diminished significantly,’’ explained Jo Ponticello, vice president of children’s services, Children’s Aid and Family Services in Paramus. These youth generally have an inability to trust.

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Social Workers Speak

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Allison Carpenter is a member: [Video] Library partners with Family Service Rochester to add social worker. It’s been about two months since Family Resource Center and the Rochester Public Library have teamed up to hire an in-house social worker for the library.

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Save the Social Worker

JULY 12, 2023

In my first agency, which was an agency with a single Family Service Centre, I was greeted by the director, had a introductory session with my supervisor to determine frequency of supervision, and was then left to my own devices. Those that tend to be bigger are better. If it is above $10 million, you’re in good company.

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