Her practice
focuses on child welfare law, and she manages about 100 open cases.
ChildNet, which
focuses on child welfare, will use tablets and smartphones to upload and access case files remotely, which could ultimately help cut printing costs, said Emilio Benitez, president and CEO of ChildNet.
Prior to joining the Foundation, Lilia spent three years as a Program Officer at a private family foundation
focused on child welfare, where she managed that foundation's grant programs, including programs in many art disciplines.
Core ICS Child Welfare has a specific
focus on child welfare issues for professionals working with Indigenous children and families in British Columbia.
Not exact matches
She was a co-founder of Partners for Our
Children, a nonprofit in Washington State that is
focused on making the
child welfare system more effective.
Williams joined the Sherwood Foundation in September 2006, where she has developed a diverse portfolio
focusing primarily
on child welfare, family economic well - being, and social and racial justice.
The Connecticut Department of
Children and Families www.ctfosteradopt.com The Connecticut Department of Children and Families (DCF) is the state child welfare agency focused on strengthening families and achieving safety, well - being and permanency for Connecticut's c
Children and Families www.ctfosteradopt.com The Connecticut Department of
Children and Families (DCF) is the state child welfare agency focused on strengthening families and achieving safety, well - being and permanency for Connecticut's c
Children and Families (DCF) is the state
child welfare agency
focused on strengthening families and achieving safety, well - being and permanency for Connecticut's
childrenchildren.
Parents always need to
focus on the
welfare of their
children and try to shelter them from the conflict, whenever possible.
These moms
focus their lenses
on their
children,
on their neighborhoods,
on their daily grinds at work and
on welfare.
This section addresses key elements of family - centered practice and provides overarching strategies for family - centered casework practice across
child welfare service systems that
focus on strengths, engage families and involve them in decision - making, advocate for improving families» conditions, and engage communities to support families.
Like the state
child welfare system, our
focus is also
on the
child.
Erie County is currently in the process of drafting legislation that proposes to establish new criminal standards for actions that endanger the
welfare of
children, provide for more robust and intensive CPS investigations, and update technology and reporting practices to better serve
children and families, as well as
focusing on other improvements to current CPS law.
Child Welfare: The Unintended Consequence of the War on Drugs Tuesday, March 13, 9:00 am — 12:00 pm The New School — Theresa Lang Student Center 55 West 13th Street This panel will focus on the intersection of child welfare -LSB
Child Welfare: The Unintended Consequence of the War
on Drugs Tuesday, March 13, 9:00 am — 12:00 pm The New School — Theresa Lang Student Center 55 West 13th Street This panel will
focus on the intersection of
child welfare -LSB
child welfare -LSB-...]
To promote health among low - income single mothers, Dr. Chavkin adds, the government should
focus on providing subsidized
child care, increased wages, and better health insurance for working moms — none of which, she says, is provided by «the current
welfare apparatus.»
Ofsted's recent report «Better Inspection for All» included proposals to include a section to the Ofsted report that
focused on personal development, behaviours and
welfare of
children and learners.
Two new reports — one charting a generation - long lack of progress in solving the nation's day - care problems, and another
focusing on the quality of care used by women affected by new
welfare - to - work programs — argue that the nation has yet to meet the challenge of providing high - quality
child care to a broad spectrum of its
children.
The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Military
Child Initiative assists public schools to improve the quality of education for highly mobile and vulnerable young people with a special focus on military children and their families by providing national, state and local education agencies, as well as schools, parents and health, child welfare, juvenile justice and educational professionals with information, tools and services that enhance school suc
Child Initiative assists public schools to improve the quality of education for highly mobile and vulnerable young people with a special
focus on military
children and their families by providing national, state and local education agencies, as well as schools, parents and health,
child welfare, juvenile justice and educational professionals with information, tools and services that enhance school suc
child welfare, juvenile justice and educational professionals with information, tools and services that enhance school success.
David is currently a researcher for Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago where his work
focuses on the use of organizational assessment to apply principles from safety science to inform and design
child welfare policy and practice improvement initiatives.
It is the first school in the nation designed explicitly to
focus on the specific needs of
children in the
child welfare system; 49 percent of its students are in the foster care system or considered at risk of placement in foster care.
Much of the work
focused on creating a two - generation perspective in intervention policies related to family income insecurity, helping families to attain self - sufficiency through work, and
on reforming
child welfare policy and practice.
This resource includes legislation and grants specifically
focused on supporting secondary, postsecondary, and workforce success among youth involved in the juvenile justice and / or
child welfare system.
Although there were established societies devoted to the prevention of cruelty to animals in both the UK and the U.S., it wasn't until the late 1800s that significant legislative and public attention finally started to
focus on the
welfare of
children.
Williams joined the Sherwood Foundation in September 2006, where she has developed a diverse portfolio
focusing primarily
on child welfare, family economic well - being, and social and racial justice.
In releasing the Options for Action report, the government noted it will shift emphasis in
child welfare from a
focus on protection to a
focus on prevention.
A neutral facilitator, who generally is licensed in a field of mental health, oftentimes helps the spouses
focus on what is most important (such as the
welfare of the
children) rather than the arguments of the past.
Her
focus is
on finding ways to make space within the Canadian legal system for the recognition of Indigenous laws, including in the areas of
child welfare and
child and family wellness.
In
child welfare, an increased
focus on balanced budgets through accountability agreements now required by law;
Research in both Canada and the U.S.
focused on the denial of
children's rights and
on the perceived failure to protect their best interests, particularly in the
child welfare system.
The Permanency Barriers Project has
focused on reforms such as: the early identification of
children's needs; refining court procedures in permanency planning areas; training the
child welfare agency and legal staff; and sharing information with other counties and states.
Couples that wish to separate with as much dignity as possible, share mutual interests in their
children's
welfare, value their personal responsibility for what is going
on, can
focus on obtaining a resolution that is positive for all family members, and would like to maintain a positive relationship with each other after divorce, may find that working through Collaborative Lawyers is the best thing for everyone involved.
You should find a balance between your ability to
focus on the development and
welfare of
children in your class and the ability to closely work with other teachers and childcare professionals.
Like the state
child welfare system, our
focus is also
on the
child.
Pilot projects
focused on very high risk families, including pregnant and parenting youth in the
child welfare system and homeless families;
Voices for
Children in Nebraska has developed the following Pro-Kid Policy Plan,
focusing on the issues of
child welfare, economic stability, health, and juvenile justice.
Maybe society's
focus should be
on promoting responsible caregiving — that removes the stigma of «single moms» as being «bad for society» (and let's not forget, most of those
children also have a single father who does not seem to suffer the same stigma), and it also elevates all caregiving, an essential part of society that includes caring for the elderly and the ill and disabled (91 percent of
welfare benefits go to the elderly, disabled and working households).
Presents background information
on the incidence of parental substance abuse in Illinois
child welfare cases and the federal waiver authority that allowed Illinois to
focus on providing treatment services to substance abusing families in Cook County.
It
focuses on ways that
child welfare workers and other adults can help to prepare those
children and youth whose goal is adoption; however, much of the information
on preparation is also applicable to
children and youth with other permanency goals.
Child welfare agencies are going beyond recruitment to
focus on recruitment and retention efforts.
Administering and managing
child welfare agencies & programs
Focuses on the components of strong administration and management including leadership, governance, program development, and partnering with the community.
An agency - wide
focus on permanency for all
child welfare involved families has the residual impact of fostering permanency for minority families, and therefore reducing their numbers in the
child welfare system.
Impact of
Focus on Father Engagement - A highlight of the Comprehensive Family Assessments grant, the focus on fathers, continues to impact practice and staff perspectives on fathers» roles in the cases of child welfare fami
Focus on Father Engagement - A highlight of the Comprehensive Family Assessments grant, the
focus on fathers, continues to impact practice and staff perspectives on fathers» roles in the cases of child welfare fami
focus on fathers, continues to impact practice and staff perspectives
on fathers» roles in the cases of
child welfare families.
Much of [the] Center for the Study of Social Policy's system reform work
focuses on improving how public
child welfare systems and its partners address the safety, permanency and well - being needs of the
children, youth, and families that they serve.
We
focus on the
welfare and best interests of the
children.
Parental mental illness Relatively little has been written about the effect of serious and persistent parental mental illness
on child abuse, although many studies show that substantial proportions of mentally ill mothers are living away from their
children.14 Much of the discussion about the effect of maternal mental illness
on child abuse
focuses on the poverty and homeless - ness of mothers who are mentally ill, as well as
on the behavior problems of their
children — all issues that are correlated with involvement with
child welfare services.15 Jennifer Culhane and her colleagues followed a five - year birth cohort among women who had ever been homeless and found an elevated rate of involvement with
child welfare services and a nearly seven - times - higher rate of having
children placed into foster care.16 More direct evidence
on the relationship between maternal mental illness and
child abuse in the general population, however, is strikingly scarce, especially given the 23 percent rate of self - reported major depression in the previous twelve months among mothers involved with
child welfare services, as shown in NSCAW.17
Substance Abuse Specialists in
Child Welfare Agencies and Dependency Courts: Considerations for Program Designers and Evaluators (PDF - 299 KB) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2010) Focuses on the placing of substance abuse specialists in either child welfare offices or dependency courts to ensure that parents are assessed as quickly as possible, improve parent engagement and retention in treatment, streamline entry into treatment, and provide consultation to child welfare and dependency court wor
Child Welfare Agencies and Dependency Courts: Considerations for Program Designers and Evaluators (PDF - 299 KB) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2010)
Focuses on the placing of substance abuse specialists in either
child welfare offices or dependency courts to ensure that parents are assessed as quickly as possible, improve parent engagement and retention in treatment, streamline entry into treatment, and provide consultation to child welfare and dependency court wor
child welfare offices or dependency courts to ensure that parents are assessed as quickly as possible, improve parent engagement and retention in treatment, streamline entry into treatment, and provide consultation to
child welfare and dependency court wor
child welfare and dependency court workers.
This and a subsequent review4 that
focused specifically
on adolescents, were carried out as part of the MDRC Next Generation project, an interdisciplinary collaboration among researchers from several organizations who reviewed the research
on the impact of the
welfare legislation
on children.
In recent years, the responsible fatherhood field has expanded beyond its roots in employment and parenting services for low - income fathers to recognize the diverse needs of a wide array of fathers.1 Programs now include elements such as healthy marriage and co-parenting skills training, general fatherhood competency for all income levels, support for fathers involved with the
child welfare and criminal justice systems, a
focus on children's education and literacy, awareness of the needs of fathers who have
children with special needs, and attention to issues of domestic violence.
Morris, et al. synthesized the results of five large - scale studies that together examined effects
on children of 11 different employment - based
welfare and anti-poverty programs aimed primarily at single - parent, mother - only families.3 The
focus was
on identifying the program features that are associated with effects
on children's school achievement, social behaviour, and health.
In California, family courts
focus on the health, safety and
welfare of the
child, basing decisions
on what is in the best interests of the
child, not the gender of the parent.
Focuses on the placing of substance abuse specialists in either
child welfare offices or dependency courts to ensure that parents are assessed as quickly as possible, improve parent engagement and retention in treatment, streamline entry into treatment, and provide consultation to
child welfare and dependency court workers.