NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The report includes interviews with parents, family defenders, and more than 50 ACS employees from frontline caseworkers to top staff. Staff know this underestimates the trauma of investigation and underestimates the even worse trauma of foster care. What’s in the report It’s easy to see why Hansell was so embarrassed.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

APRIL 27, 2022

It deters families from seeking needed assistance and weakens the capacity of teachers, doctors, and social service workers to nurture children’s well-being. So many of the parents I interviewed for this story have none of these luxuries. ?

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Social Work Haven

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Child Welfare Specialist : Social workers in this role focus on the safety and well-being of children, often within the context of child protective services or foster care systems. TRENDING CONTENT ON SOCIAL WORK HAVEN What is the main role of a social worker? What skills does a social worker need?

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University of Connecticut

MAY 8, 2023

Thanks to the generosity of our donors, the School of Social Work is able to offer a number of scholarship opportunities to our BSW and MSW students each academic year. This scholarship, created by Mary and her late husband, Raymond, will provide financial support to a student enrolled in the Bachelor of Social Work program.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services. When that happens, social services officials come under fire. Janell, thrilled to avoid reading time, trotted off to the school office. Instead, a social worker told Janell that the adults had lied about the dentist. Sarah Font. But she did not see her mother. she wondered.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Fong asks in a commentary for the Hartford Courant if the head of the state’s family police agency will make sure there’s no foster-care panic. She writes: DCF has expressed a commitment to keeping families together, and has worked, impressively, to decrease foster care caseloads and refer families to community supports.

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