NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
JULY 5, 2022
In a paragraph otherwise notable only for its self-pity, DiLorenzo writes: After four decades of service in child welfare, I thought I had read and heard just about every disparaging thing possible from the external critics of our work. But more important: You heard the man! We decide your family’s fate! And most recently this.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
More than a decade ago I first wrote about how states use federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds – which are supposed to help poor people become self-sufficient – to investigate those same poor people and take away their children. She would move into foster care, which Janell’s young mind imagined as a form of jail.
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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.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
JANUARY 6, 2022
Maine's first child welfare ombudsman, Dean Crocker, understood the lessons from the tragic death of Logan Marr, who was taken when her family poverty was confused with "neglect" and killed in foster care. Most of all she is wrong to ignore the enormous harm of needless removal. ? She is dangerously wrong.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
APRIL 17, 2022
I also expressed the hope that we would see more stories about such families and more self-reflection within the system and in journalism. In fact, in an interview with Vice News about the same case, Davis said: “I was very grateful that they had attorneys.” So far, it’s not looking good. He wanted to help children.
Social Work Haven
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
Educator : Social workers educate clients about resources, coping strategies, and life skills to enhance their well-being and self-sufficiency. 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.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
But while they’re making themselves media stars, their statements fan the flames of foster-care panic , encouraging more needless removal, doing enormous harm to the children needlessly removed, and overloading the system – making it even more likely that the next child in real danger will be missed.
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