Sentences with phrase «on child welfare issues»

Core ICS Child Welfare has a specific focus on child welfare issues for professionals working with Indigenous children and families in British Columbia.

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Arch Creative and Play Therapy Centre Child Protection Policy outlines co-operation with TUSLA Child and Family Agency on the sharing of their records where a child welfare or protection issue arChild Protection Policy outlines co-operation with TUSLA Child and Family Agency on the sharing of their records where a child welfare or protection issue arChild and Family Agency on the sharing of their records where a child welfare or protection issue archild welfare or protection issue arises.

A key feature of a collaborative parenting plan is the commitment of both parents to consult one another on issues that affect the children, their welfare and development.

Identify and promote best practice programs and speak on issues of critical importance impacting healthy social emotional development, education, and welfare of young children and families.

Mother and Father will work together to reach an agreement on all major issues concerning Child's welfare and upbringing (legal custody), but Child will live primarily with Mother.

Mother and Father will work together to reach an agreement on all major issues concerning Child's welfare and upbringing (legal custody), and agree to a schedule where Child lives with each parent for one month at a time (physical custody).

«Please know that NYS PTA will continue to work with all education and child advocacy partners to keep our members updated and informed on education, health, safety and welfare issues affecting children and families.»

-- De Blasio tries to pivot from social, to economic issues — NYT's J. David Goodman: «As his administration struggles on some of the issues the mayor cares most deeply about, like homelessness and child welfare, he has found success on others — job creation, economic development — that can appear at times to be rhetorical afterthoughts.

While voicing support for the President's proposals on issues from Head Start to child - welfare reform, the group's executive director, David S. Liederman, said a more concerted effort is needed to stem the incidence of «tragedy involving children.»

John Cameron, head of NSPCC Helplines, said: «Since April, Childline has already received more than 300 contacts from young people anxious about terrorism, so we know it's a child welfare issue that is impacting on their emotional wellbeing.

Ceil has argued before the New Jersey Supreme Court on preschool standards in Abbott v. Burke, the landmark educational equity case, and on the issue of permanency for foster children in several child welfare cases.

On June 23, 2016, U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services issued joint non-regulatory guidance to state and local education and child welfare agencies on the new provisions in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) for supporting children in foster carOn June 23, 2016, U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services issued joint non-regulatory guidance to state and local education and child welfare agencies on the new provisions in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) for supporting children in foster caron the new provisions in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) for supporting children in foster care.

Both parents have an equal right and responsibility to make all of the important decisions on issues of health, education, general welfare, and religion affecting their child.

A fascination of this case is to watch a judge treading a careful path between the technicalities of issue estoppel and a possible strike out on the one hand, balanced against a clear emphasis on the court's duty to protect the welfare of a child in the widest possible sense: the first a matter of analysis of law, the second a matter of pure discretion.

Kate said: «Appointing Kavya to our busy team reflects our ever - increasing caseload as we continue to witness a substantial increase in global commissions spanning international child abduction and issues centred on welfare, jurisdiction, relocation and overseas adoption.

When the welfare evaluation is being conducted, significant issues such as the severance of sibling relationships and the impact on the child (ren) concerned should not be overlooked.

This International Conference was concludedfruitfully, which aroused judges, professors, scholars and lawyer from different countries and regions, to pay more attention to issues of child's welfare in Asia Pacific region at the Hague conference on private international Law

The keynote will be followed by workshop sessions on a wide variety of topics of interest to criminal, juvenile, child welfare and mental health practitioners, including but not limited to the wrongful conviction and exoneration of Frederick Clay, litigating nursing home admissions, appellate advocacy, criminal case law update, how to use social science research in your case, the new sentencing guidelines, restorative justice, ensuring language access, advanced issues in Superior Court litigation, representing emerging adults, how to contest preliminary drug test results, a practicum on mindfulness, as well as the latest from the immigration impact unit.

The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal issued a second Compliance Order against the Government of Canada on the First Nations child welfare case on September 15, 2016.

January 26, 2017 marked the first - year anniversary of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal's («The Tribunal») landmark decision regarding the issue of funding for child welfare services provided to First Nations children on reserve and in the Yukon.

The court must check, at the earliest opportunity, and record on the face of any court order, if domestic abuse has been raised as an issue which is relevant to the decision making about the welfare of the child.

The tool - kit includes chapters on taxation, employment issues on Reserve, social assistance / welfare, education, Indian Status, Band membership, Reserve land and housing issues, wills and estates issues, family law, relationship violence, Ministry of Children and Families Development and governance issues.

Organized by TAG, The Action Group on Access to Justice, along with the Law Society of Upper Canada and other partners, the week will feature key access to justice issues including technology, child welfare and public legal information.»

«And although we're starting to see, thanks to the tribunal's work and all of the First Nations communities and families and children who have advocated and stood with us during this long court battle, inequality starting to close in child welfare and on Jordan's Principle, we still have issues with education, early childhood, basics like water and sanitation, that are going to continue to pile up on hopes and dreams of children.»

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.

She works on mental health, special education, early childhood expulsion, child welfare and juvenile justice, and workforce development initiatives and issues at the Ounce.

The study provides critical information on the extent to which the perceptions of child welfare professionals are consistent with the literature on this issue.

Fostering Court Improvement Fostering Results, ABA Center on Children and the Law, National Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues, & Barton Child Law and Policy Clinic (2008) Aims to link States so that they can open new, collaborative dialog with all stakeholders in their child welfare systems through the use of data and data analysis, including Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System data housed and maintained by the child and family services agency of each SChild Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues, & Barton Child Law and Policy Clinic (2008) Aims to link States so that they can open new, collaborative dialog with all stakeholders in their child welfare systems through the use of data and data analysis, including Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System data housed and maintained by the child and family services agency of each SChild Law and Policy Clinic (2008) Aims to link States so that they can open new, collaborative dialog with all stakeholders in their child welfare systems through the use of data and data analysis, including Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System data housed and maintained by the child and family services agency of each Schild welfare systems through the use of data and data analysis, including Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System data housed and maintained by the child and family services agency of each Schild and family services agency of each State.

Agency and Court Collaboration on the CFSRs and PIPs National Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues (2002) Survey of 13 States to identify methods for increasing collaboration between child welfare agencies and family courts during the Child and Family Services Review proChild Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues (2002) Survey of 13 States to identify methods for increasing collaboration between child welfare agencies and family courts during the Child and Family Services Review prochild welfare agencies and family courts during the Child and Family Services Review proChild and Family Services Review process.

On Indigenous welfare issues in general (including child welfare) the next scheduled intergovernmental meeting of Community Services Administrators is to address the question of coordination and cooperation (as discussed earlier under «health care»).

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

Parents may share both physical custody, with each providing a home for the child, and legal custody, meaning the parents make decisions together on major issues affecting a child's welfare, such as education, health care and religious training.

Behaviour problems are three times higher than national norms among children from families that have been sanctioned and left welfare.7 A Kaiser Family Foundation Issue Brief by Levin - Epstein and Hutchins describes what is currently known about the PRWORA impact on three different groups of adolescents: teen parents, teenagers living in TANF households, and teens who are involved in TANF funded initiatives.8 Evidence on the policies» impact on teens is limited and results are mixed.

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.

Fostering Court Improvement Children and Family Resource Center, Barton Child Law and Policy Clinic, Fostering Results, & National Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues Gives States an efficient mechanism for sharing data between dependency courts and child welfare agencies so they can more effectively manage sysChild Law and Policy Clinic, Fostering Results, & National Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues Gives States an efficient mechanism for sharing data between dependency courts and child welfare agencies so they can more effectively manage sysChild Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues Gives States an efficient mechanism for sharing data between dependency courts and child welfare agencies so they can more effectively manage syschild welfare agencies so they can more effectively manage systems.

Permanency Through Collaboration Between Delinquency and Dependency Courts (PDF - 880 KB) National Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues, ABA Center on Children and the Law Child CourtWorks, 10 (2), 2008 Describes efforts in Idaho to bridge the gap between child welfare and juvenile justice proceedings to assist youth with cases pending simultaneously in both sysChild Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues, ABA Center on Children and the Law Child CourtWorks, 10 (2), 2008 Describes efforts in Idaho to bridge the gap between child welfare and juvenile justice proceedings to assist youth with cases pending simultaneously in both sysChild CourtWorks, 10 (2), 2008 Describes efforts in Idaho to bridge the gap between child welfare and juvenile justice proceedings to assist youth with cases pending simultaneously in both syschild welfare and juvenile justice proceedings to assist youth with cases pending simultaneously in both systems.

Review of the Literature on Child Welfare Training: Theory, Practice, and Research (PDF - 4560 KB) Collins, Amodeo, & Clay (2007) Reviews macro issues impacting child welfare training, describes training practice and delivery approaches, discusses the development of partnership models between public child welfare agencies and institutions of higher education, and presents information on evaluation reseChild Welfare Training: Theory, Practice, and Research (PDF - 4560 KB) Collins, Amodeo, & Clay (2007) Reviews macro issues impacting child welfare training, describes training practice and delivery approaches, discusses the development of partnership models between public child welfare agencies and institutions of higher education, and presents information on evaluation resechild welfare training, describes training practice and delivery approaches, discusses the development of partnership models between public child welfare agencies and institutions of higher education, and presents information on evaluation resechild welfare agencies and institutions of higher education, and presents information on evaluation research.

When children or parents with mental health service needs are involved with the child welfare system, a coordination of efforts is more likely to result in positive outcomes than if each system focuses independently on its own issue - related services.

The following resources include training curricula and materials for kinship caregivers on topics such as legal and policy issues, changes in family dynamics, and navigating the child welfare system.

Improving Outcomes Together: Court and Child Welfare Collaboration (PDF - 280 KB) Children and Family Research Center & National Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues (2005) Explores the ways juvenile and family courts and child welfare agencies share data and information and collaborate outside the courtroom in order to improve outcomes for children in their Child Welfare Collaboration (PDF - 280 KB) Children and Family Research Center & National Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues (2005) Explores the ways juvenile and family courts and child welfare agencies share data and information and collaborate outside the courtroom in order to improve outcomes for children in theChildren and Family Research Center & National Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues (2005) Explores the ways juvenile and family courts and child welfare agencies share data and information and collaborate outside the courtroom in order to improve outcomes for children in their Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues (2005) Explores the ways juvenile and family courts and child welfare agencies share data and information and collaborate outside the courtroom in order to improve outcomes for children in their child welfare agencies share data and information and collaborate outside the courtroom in order to improve outcomes for children in thechildren in their care.

The Department of Children and Youth Affairs focuses on harmonising policy issues that affect children in areas such as early childhood care and education, youth justice, child welfare and protection, children and young people's participation, research on children and young people, youth work and cross-cutting initiatives for cChildren and Youth Affairs focuses on harmonising policy issues that affect children in areas such as early childhood care and education, youth justice, child welfare and protection, children and young people's participation, research on children and young people, youth work and cross-cutting initiatives for cchildren in areas such as early childhood care and education, youth justice, child welfare and protection, children and young people's participation, research on children and young people, youth work and cross-cutting initiatives for cchildren and young people's participation, research on children and young people, youth work and cross-cutting initiatives for cchildren and young people, youth work and cross-cutting initiatives for childrenchildren.

The literature on these placements suggests that although kinship families are much more vulnerable than unrelated foster families, children living with relatives are more likely to remain in the same placement and to have longer durations in foster care.78 Given the large numbers of kinship placements occurring across the United States, it would behoove the child welfare system to provide supportive services to these vulnerable kinship families to enable them to provide quality care to the children in their care (see the article by Geen in this journal issue).

Comprehensive and theory - based interventions Scholars have found that programs that are comprehensive in nature and based on theoretically sound intervention strategies hold promise for effectively addressing the multitude of issues families and children in the child welfare system face.

Instead, they should be focused on strong and valid issues affecting the child's welfare.

State laws on child welfare Laws addressing State agency responsibility when a child is placed in out - of - home care, including case planning, reasonable efforts to reunify families, and related issues.

Because many families receiving child welfare services may benefit from a variety of agencies, coordination of efforts is more likely to result in positive outcomes than if each system focuses independently on its own issue - related services.

State statutes index and search Access the Child Welfare Information Gateway State Statutes Series by title, or search statutes by individual States on issues related to child abuse and neglect, child welfare, and adopChild Welfare Information Gateway State Statutes Series by title, or search statutes by individual States on issues related to child abuse and neglect, child welfare, and adopchild abuse and neglect, child welfare, and adopchild welfare, and adoption.

MSPCC engages in public policy advocacy on issues related to child and family well - being, such as child abuse prevention, foster care, child welfare reform, mental health, and adolescent substance abuse prevention.

Educate and engage child welfare professionals, political leaders and other stakeholders around key issues that have an impact on the welfare of children.

Ms. Suggs has extensive experience in child welfare and behavioral health, focused on residential and special education; adoption and foster care; community mental health; sexual abuse; and trauma; as well as issues that impact children such as income inequality, poverty, and community violence.