Why Involving Entire Families in Child Protection Cases Can Improve the Lives of Endangered Children
By: Susan Meyers Chandler and Laurie Arial Tochiki Annually, about 435,000 children across the United States are taken away from...
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NASW says plan to separate undocumented immigrant children from their parents is malicious and unconscionable
Photo Credit: Reuters WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A "zero tolerance" immigration policy that would prosecute families who attempt to cross the border...
100 Former Foster Youth Visit Members of Congress to Advocate for Child Welfare Reform
Before the foster youth shadows met their Members of Congress, they gathered as a group for training with the FosterClub....
Exposure to Domestic Violence Costs U.S. Government $55 Billion Each Year
The federal government spends an estimated $55 billion annually on dealing with the effects of childhood exposure to domestic violence,...
Study Suggests Why Food Assistance for Homeless Young Adults is Inadequate
Though young homeless adults make use of available food programs, these support structures still often fail to provide reliable and...
Is Counseling For You
Co-Authors: Michael Kalkbrenner, & Sandy-Ann Griffith Have you been in counseling or therapy? If not, have you ever hesitated in seeing...
Getting Care Right for All Children – Free Online Course
Join over 5,000 learners from across 172 countries who now understand just how important the UN Guidelines for the Alternative...
Tracking the Impact of Early Abuse and Neglect
Children who experience abuse and neglect early in life are more likely to have problems in social relationships and underachieve academically...
Unlocking Homeless Women’s Potential – The Blossom Project
The city of San Francisco has more than 7,000 homeless people, and 35% (2,400) of these are women between 20...
Bipartisan Task Force Hosts Discussion on Effects of the Opioid Epidemic on the Child Welfare System
The Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth and the Bipartisan Heroin Task Force teamed up to host a dinner highlighting the...
Disruptive Leadership: Maximizing Inclusion, Invention, and Innovation in Human Services
“Disruptive leadership” is an approach to management that entails new ways of thinking, creative problem-solving, and utilizing innovative techniques to...
How to Support Foster Children
When you choose to become a foster carer the rewards can be great. Supporting a child through a difficult period...
Parental Medicaid Expansion Translates into Preventive Care for their Children
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...
Systems Perspective and the Myth of the Self-Made Man
As a social worker, we spend a good deal of time looking at systems, and systems work means we can’t...
8 Best Practices for Sending Text Messages in the Social Services Industry
This could be a long and very tedious article. It could be. After all, any communication sent via text message...
Head Start May Protect Against Foster Care Placement
Participating in Head Start may help prevent young children from being placed in foster care, finds a national study led...
Getting Stuff Done
I used to manage a wonderful multidisciplinary team in East London, who prided themselves on going the extra mile for...
9 Reasons Why Text Messaging is the Key to Efficient Communication in Social Services Agencies
Anyone who works in the social services industry has noticed a growing trend. The number of clients who request that...
To Counter Child Abuse, Administrators and Case Workers Need Support to Implement Evidence-Based Improvements
In 2015, more than 425,000 children were placed in foster care due to incidents of abuse and neglect. But many...
Connected Commonwealth: Programs for Kentucky Youth Aging Out
Photo Credit: Foster Youth In Action In May 2016, Anna Shobe-Wallace, program manager for Louisville Metro Community Services said, “Each...
