Tag: Child Welfare

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

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

Remember in the Wizard of Oz, when Dorothy began her stroll down the Yellow Brick Road? Eventually, she came upon ...

The child welfare system coupled with the juvenile and criminal justice systems have ultimately created and perpetuated the systemic constraints ...

According to a new report by Generations United, grandparents and other relatives who step in to care for children, play ...

Jackie Kay - Scotland's National Poet ©cc by 2.0 University of Salford Press Office Scotland's national poet, Jackie Kay, has ...

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

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

Minister Mark McDonald, Scottish Minister for Childcare and Early Years Today (Thursday 2 March 2017), the Scottish Minister for Childcare ...

Could you tell a stranger about your last sexual encounter? Well, this is exactly what we expect children who have ...

"Child welfare is a continuum of services that ensure children are safe and that families have the support they need ...

UTRGV students Carlie Patrick (far left), a junior English/communication studies major, and Leroy Berrones Soto (second from left), a sophomore ...

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation's All Children - All Families project is conducting a survey of public and private child ...

Often, helping professionals in the lives of foster care youth struggle to understand the magnitude of loss a child or teen ...

Psychotropic treatments for children in foster care can be appropriate, but this form of therapy requires considerable oversight and advocacy ...

Many social workers, other helping professionals, and foster care alumni have recognized the value in utilizing technology to support foster ...

In 2008, the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act required states to begin developing plans to monitor health ...