Sentences with phrase «among public child welfare»

The initiative relied heavily on partnerships among the public child welfare agency, community organizations, and residents.

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The Kentucky Court of Appeals, which was then the state's highest court, held that a statute authorizing public aid to private schools for exceptional children did not violate, among other Constitutional Provisions on Education, Kentucky's Blaine Amendment because the funds were for children's «welfare» rather than «education.»

Substance abuse Substance abuse by a child's parent or guardian is commonly considered to be responsible for a substantial proportion of child maltreatment reported to the child welfare services.1 Studies examining the prevalence of substance abuse among caregivers who have maltreated their children have found rates ranging from 19 percent2 to 79 percent or higher.3 One widely quoted estimate of the prevalence of substance abuse among care - givers involved in child welfare is 40 to 80 percent.4 An epidemiological study published in the American Journal of Public Health in 1994 found 40 percent of parents who had physically abused their child and 56 percent who had neglected their child met lifetime criteria for an alcohol or drug disorder.5

This learning tool outlines logistics for holding meetings among family members, child welfare workers, and representatives of public agencies.

Sustaining services may involve strong partnerships at the state, county or local levels including collaborative efforts among early care and education, child welfare, public health, and other human services agencies; including private foundations or local initiatives.

In the mid-1980s, three developments long in the making — a dramatic increase in out - of - wedlock childbearing, the high cost of providing welfare to young poor women who become mothers, and the difficulties faced by their children — became a focus of concern among policymakers and the public alike.

She also is examining strategies to create more - effective partnerships among public child - welfare agencies, community - based prevention efforts and informal support systems.

Share resources among public and voluntary child welfare agencies, colleges and universities, foster and adoptive parent associations, and national child welfare organizations