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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending December 6, 2022

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

For additional context on the second case, from Missouri, see this story from Laura Ziegler of KCUR Public Radio. Oh, and more than two weeks after they disappeared, only KING-TV is covering the story regularly – the Seattle Times has written nothing. And notice the "age restriction" notice. In The Imprint, Prof.

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NCCPR news and commentary roundup week ending January 18, 2024

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

This investigative report from WABE Public Radio in Atlanta and ProPublica could have been called: Like hell they don’t! And WJAR-TV in Providence has an update on that scathing report on conditions at a residential treatment center in Rhode Island. Read it and watch how, paragraph after paragraph, the madness of the system unfolds.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending July 18, 2023

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Well, get this: WCBS-TV reports that with his agency’s prized RTC mired in scandal over rampant abuse, the director says: It’s not our fault, the kids they’re sending us are too difficult! The two young sisters, whose identities will remain anonymous, were not in much better condition than their sister, says the lawsuit. ● But don’t worry.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending July 19, 2022

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

If you’re relatively new to all of this, take 20 minutes to let Joyce McMillan of JMacForFamilies give you an overview of how the system really works in this podcast from Black Agenda Report: Black Agenda Radio · Child Welfare System Damages Black Children and Families ? They generally admit this when they are applying for grants.

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Judi Love to host virtual ‘Thank You Social Workers’ event

Social Work Awards

Social Work Awards, the charity behind the annual Social Worker of the Year Awards, has revealed that comedian, TV broadcaster and BBC radio presenter, Judi Love, will be hosting their virtual ‘Thank You Social Workers’ event on 26 November. She also presents a weekly radio show on BBC London.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending Sept. 14, 2022

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Once again WFLA-TV zeroes-in on the real problem at the root of all the others in Tampa Bay “child welfare” – the obscene rate at which children are needlessly torn from their families. The public radio station there talked to the right people for a "child welfare" story – but still missed the point. That’s only going to get worse.

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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending November 30, 2022

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

KING-TV in Seattle reports that a foster mother allegedly kidnapped a five-year-old foster child in her care. KING-TV in Seattle reports that a foster mother allegedly kidnapped a five-year-old foster child in her care. Among the recommendations: “Transparently share information and data around decision-making.”