Sentences with phrase «on child welfare system»

Breakdown has negative effects on the child welfare system.

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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.

«Harlem's Man With the Plan,» January / February 2009 «Obama, drawing on the research of his Hyde Park neighbor, the economist James Heckman, has made the point that programs like the Harlem Children's Zone are not giveaways; they're investments that will pay for themselves in reduced spending on welfare, job training, and the criminal justice system.»

A well - designed system, based on genuinely shared responsibility for the upbringing of children, would be good for the economy, good for child welfare and good for family stability and is well worth fighting for.

But Obama, drawing on the research of his Hyde Park neighbor, the economist James Heckman, has made the point that programs like the Harlem Children's Zone are not giveaways; they're investments that will pay for themselves in reduced spending on welfare, job training, and the criminal justice system.

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.

Surveillance effects9 refer to the potential for increased reporting on families who participate in child welfare system services or research because more professionals are working with families and may file reports of suspected abuse and trigger an investigation, increasing the likelihood of a finding for these families compared to those who do not participate.

The Federal Adoption 2002 initiative brought pressure on the U.S. child welfare system to move children from temporary care into permanent family

Like the state child welfare system, our focus is also on the child.

«The government must make the right choices for the future if it is to meet its pledges on ending child poverty, fair taxes and a welfare system that supports families properly.

Elisa's death on Thanksgiving weekend in 1995 attracted broad attention — prompting a national conversation about child abuse, a wave of reforms to the city's child welfare system, and a child welfare law named in her honor.

Cuomo does have his share of shortcomings, including an ethics crisis inside his administration, a record of underfunding the subway system and shortchanging the city on child welfare funds.

New York City About Blog Children's Rights is a national watchdog organization advocating on behalf of abused and neglected children in the U.S. Children's Rights is proving that failing child welfare systems not only can be fixed, but can be made to rChildren's Rights is a national watchdog organization advocating on behalf of abused and neglected children in the U.S. Children's Rights is proving that failing child welfare systems not only can be fixed, but can be made to rchildren in the U.S. Children's Rights is proving that failing child welfare systems not only can be fixed, but can be made to rChildren's Rights is proving that failing child welfare systems not only can be fixed, but can be made to run well.

New York City About Blog Children's Rights is a national watchdog organization advocating on behalf of abused and neglected children in the U.S. Children's Rights is proving that failing child welfare systems not only can be fixed, but can be made to rChildren's Rights is a national watchdog organization advocating on behalf of abused and neglected children in the U.S. Children's Rights is proving that failing child welfare systems not only can be fixed, but can be made to rchildren in the U.S. Children's Rights is proving that failing child welfare systems not only can be fixed, but can be made to rChildren's Rights is proving that failing child welfare systems not only can be fixed, but can be made to run well.

A recent report from the Juvenile Law Center on how to improve outcomes for young people in the juvenile justice and child welfare systems underscores this point.

While the nation's governors failed to rally behind a single recommendation last week on how Congress should structure a new welfare system, they did agree that any overhaul should include services to poor children and provide assistance to prevent teenage pregnancy.

[221] We also propose to include children in the child welfare system in this provision, given their family instability and the importance of early intervention, like that provided by Head Start, on their school readiness and long - term outcomes.

The report explains how Project Achieve works and examines its long - term impact on the children and families served by these agencies, the people who work there and the city's child welfare system itself.

Goal 3: Influence Prevention Policy; SPR will influence policy through promoting and supporting research on the use of prevention science in public policy and service systems at the national and local levels (e.g., through health, education, child welfare, justice, drug and alcohol, mental health, welfare).

They live in a state (Massachusetts) with a healthy economy, very strong educational, health and social welfare system, and that ranks at the top in the United States on indicators positively associated with child wellbeing (AECF, 2013).

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.

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.

For the prekindergarten program alone, they identified $ 92,220 in present value benefits and $ 8,512 in present value costs in 2007 dollars — a benefit - cost ratio of 10.83 to 1.22 The benefits derived mainly from reduced public education expenditures due to lower grade retention and use of special education, reduced costs to the criminal justice system and victims of crime due to lower crime rates, reduced expenditures on child welfare due to less child abuse and neglect, higher projected earnings of center participants, and increased income tax revenue due to projected higher lifetime earnings of center participants.

New York City About Blog Children's Rights is a national watchdog organization advocating on behalf of abused and neglected children in the U.S. Children's Rights is proving that failing child welfare systems not only can be fixed, but can be made to rChildren's Rights is a national watchdog organization advocating on behalf of abused and neglected children in the U.S. Children's Rights is proving that failing child welfare systems not only can be fixed, but can be made to rchildren in the U.S. Children's Rights is proving that failing child welfare systems not only can be fixed, but can be made to rChildren's Rights is proving that failing child welfare systems not only can be fixed, but can be made to run well.

Frank, honest and heartfelt — the pictures and accompanying words set out to highlight the charity's UK Poverty campaign, which aims to call on the government to encourage more employers to pay the living wage, strengthen the new Universal Credit welfare system and help parents afford to work by providing extra child care support.

The removal came after a Motherisk drug test on the mother, which has since been disproved, and led Campbell to decry the child welfare system in the province as «broken.»

As a guiding principle, the welfare of the child as a legal term at the heart of the system of child and youth care is in need of fleshing out and has to be constantly recalibrated on an individual case - by - case basis.

Patrick Johnson, a researcher for the Canadian Council on Social Development, coined the term «Sixties Scoop» in a 1983 report that explored the mass apprehension of Aboriginal children from their homes and reserves and into Canadian and American child welfare systems during the 1960s.

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.

The FNCFCS and AFN allege that the federal government has been knowingly underfunding on reserve service providers, the result is an increasingly growing number of Indigenous children in the child welfare system.

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.

Philadelphia, PA About Blog Juvenile Law Center plays a leadership role nationally and in Pennsylvania in shaping and using the law on behalf of children in the child welfare and justice systems to promote fairness, prevent harm, secure access to appropriate services, and ensure a smooth transition from adolescence to adulthood.

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;

(2011) Protecting Children, 26 (2) Presents lessons learned from child welfare researchers and practitioners from across the nation from the National Quality Improvement Center on Non-Resident Fathers and the Child Welfare Sychild welfare researchers and practitioners from across the nation from the National Quality Improvement Center on Non-Resident Fathers and the Child Welfare SyChild Welfare System.

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.

Grandfamilies State Law and Policy Resource Center Casey Family Programs, American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law, & Generations United (2012) Presents a searchable database of current State laws and pending legislation in support of grandfamilies, and assists policymakers in exploring policy options to support relatives and the children in their care both inside and outside of the child welfareChildren and the Law, & Generations United (2012) Presents a searchable database of current State laws and pending legislation in support of grandfamilies, and assists policymakers in exploring policy options to support relatives and the children in their care both inside and outside of the child welfarechildren in their care both inside and outside of the child welfare system.

Consequently, child welfare and child support agencies have placed new emphasis on identifying, locating, and involving nonresident fathers of children served by the child welfare system.

Electronic copies of products developed by the National Technical Assistance and Evaluation Center for Systems of Care including: evaluation reports; a Policy Action Guide with fillable forms in PDF and Word; short action briefs on family involvement, establishing partnerships in child welfare, gaining staff buy - in, and leadership development; and infrastructure toolkits on various topics around implementing a System of Care.

After notching a victory in the Senate, child welfare advocates pushed House leadership to move forward on ending the practice of transferring adopted children into new homes outside of the legal system.

The act directed counties to undergo a process of self - assessment and system improvement in order to improve performance on key child welfare outcome indicators.

Strategies to Increase Birth Parent Engagement, Partnership, and Leadership in the Child Welfare System: A Review (PDF - 438 KB) Casey Family Programs (2012) Explores barriers and proactive strategies to engaging birth parents with child welfare services and referrals for services, developing connections between birth and foster parents, utilizing birth parents as agency partners, and drawing on birth parent experience in an advisory capacity at the organizational lChild Welfare System: A Review (PDF - 438 KB) Casey Family Programs (2012) Explores barriers and proactive strategies to engaging birth parents with child welfare services and referrals for services, developing connections between birth and foster parents, utilizing birth parents as agency partners, and drawing on birth parent experience in an advisory capacity at the organizational lchild welfare services and referrals for services, developing connections between birth and foster parents, utilizing birth parents as agency partners, and drawing on birth parent experience in an advisory capacity at the organizational level.

Strategies to Increase Birth Parent Engagement, Partnership, and Leadership in the Child Welfare System: A Review (PDF - 438 KB) Corwin (2012) Casey Family Programs Reviews the literature on effective approaches to involving birth parents in the child welfare system at all leChild Welfare System: A Review (PDF - 438 KB) Corwin (2012) Casey Family Programs Reviews the literature on effective approaches to involving birth parents in the child welfare system at all lSystem: A Review (PDF - 438 KB) Corwin (2012) Casey Family Programs Reviews the literature on effective approaches to involving birth parents in the child welfare system at all lechild welfare system at all lsystem at all levels.

What is the impact of systematic reforms and their resulting practices on racial disproportionality in the child welfare system?

The act directed counties to undergo a self - assessment and system improvement to enhance performance on key child welfare outcome indicators.

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.

Emphasis is placed on the complexity of the problems of parents and children in the child welfare system and the necessity of collaboration between substance abuse treatment and child welfare services to achieve permanency for children.

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.

Birth Parent Trauma and What Child Welfare Workers Need to Know [Webinar] National Child Traumatic Stress Network (2015) Provides information regarding the impact of trauma on birth parents who have become connected to the child welfare system, including reduced engagement with staff and support servChild Welfare Workers Need to Know [Webinar] National Child Traumatic Stress Network (2015) Provides information regarding the impact of trauma on birth parents who have become connected to the child welfare system, including reduced engagement with staff and support servChild Traumatic Stress Network (2015) Provides information regarding the impact of trauma on birth parents who have become connected to the child welfare system, including reduced engagement with staff and support servchild welfare system, including reduced engagement with staff and support services.

In multiple sites, and on multiple occasions, child welfare personnel suggested that the over-reporting of minority families to the child welfare system contributed to the overrepresentation of minority children.