Human Services

  Join over 5,000 learners from across 172 countries who now understand just how important the UN Guidelines for the Alternative...

Children who experience abuse and neglect early in life are more likely to have problems in social relationships and underachieve academically...

The Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth and the Bipartisan Heroin Task Force teamed up to host a dinner highlighting the...

“Disruptive leadership” is an approach to management that entails new ways of thinking, creative problem-solving, and utilizing innovative techniques to...

When low-income parents enroll in Medicaid through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) state expansion program, their children have considerably better odds of receiving annual...

As a social worker, we spend a good deal of time looking at systems, and systems work means we can’t...

This could be a long and very tedious article. It could be. After all, any communication sent via text message...

Participating in Head Start may help prevent young children from being placed in foster care, finds a national study led...

I used to manage a wonderful multidisciplinary team in East London, who prided themselves on going the extra mile for...

Anyone who works in the social services industry has noticed a growing trend. The number of clients who request that...

In 2015, more than 425,000 children were placed in foster care due to incidents of abuse and neglect. But many...

Photo Credit: Foster Youth In Action In May 2016, Anna Shobe-Wallace, program manager for Louisville Metro Community Services said, “Each...

On 29th March 2017, the publication of yet another report was released examining the operation of our child protection and...

On June 23, 2017, Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) introduced legislation to authorize funding to support mentoring programs that have a...

Congresswoman Karen Bass speaking to Foster Youth Representatives on Capitol Hill On May 24th, 2017, in honor of National Foster...

For the first time, the UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children will be shared with learners around the...

Mothers who work as healthcare professionals – physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners – can significantly reduce their stress levels...

SCOTLAND - On January 31, 2017, following a survey of 2,500 foster carers, the Fostering Network has warned that the...