Sentences with phrase «welfare of the children involved»

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These lawsuits were filed in response to new information released in the 2011 grand jury report that involves Monsignor William Lynn, who is facing criminal charges, accused of endangering the welfare of children and having knowledge about perpetrators.

The reason the government has ANY control over marriage is not a religious one but one that involves the welfare of children which families may have or adopt.

These lawsuits were filed in response to new information released in the 2011 grand jury report that involves Monsignor William Lynn, who is facing criminal charges for endangering the welfare of children and having knowledge about perpetrators.

Further, it is important that things be done «decently and in order,» that one gets involved in programs of social welfare: finding food for the poor, finding shelter for the homeless, addressing unmet needs of children and senior citizens, and that one seeks to promote responsible social action in the affairs of state and nation.

Among other things, the Family Court is to «send a clear signal to separated parents that courts will take account of the principle that both should continue to be involved in their children's lives where that is safe and consistent with the child's welfare».

With states and counties showing increased interest in adopting evidence - based methods for preventing or reducing child maltreatment and for parent training of families involved with child welfare services, it is now time to test this array of science - informed and promising parent training programs and program components on a national scale.

Califano, a former U.S. secretary of health, education and welfare, suggested fathers take stock of the situation and get more involved with their children.

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.

Most home visiting programs are voluntary, and states and communities encourage participation by families with risk for maltreatment (for example, families where parents have low levels of education, live in poverty, single - parent households, and parents who themselves were involved in the child welfare system).

Provides health - care professionals — including pediatricians, family practice providers, hospital nurses, school nurses, urgent care clinicians, and other health - care professionals — with an overview of the field of child welfare and suggests ways that health - care professionals and child welfare workers can work together to promote better outcomes for children and families involved with child welfare, including children in foster care.

With this third pregnancy, she immediately fears that child welfare will become involved if they discover her pregnancy, and that once again she'll be shut out of her child's life.

This is unacceptable given the need to protect the welfare and education of the children involved.

Morgan has been involved in the field of women's rights (having heavily promoted the introduction of all - women shortlists for political parties), as well as the welfare of children, black and minority ethnic and disabled people.

Home schooling was initially an ancillary consideration in a child welfare case involving Phillip and Mary Long, parents of eight home - schooled children.

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.»

► Improved educational programs, opportunities, and outcomes for students from low - income families, students of color, students with disabilities, English Language Learners, students living in temporary housing, LGBTQ students, and students involved in the child welfare or the juvenile or criminal justice systems.

The company is the brain child of a veterinarian who has been involved in animal welfare for more than 10 years.

This means that: «Evaluating a child's best interests involves a welfare appraisal in the widest sense, taking into account, where appropriate, a wide range of ethical, social, moral, religious, cultural, emotional and welfare considerations.

The Department of Health and Human Services established the Child Support Enforcement program in 1975 to «ensure that children have the financial support of both their parents, to foster responsible behavior towards children, to emphasize that children need to have both parents involved in their lives, and to reduce welfare costs.»

A significant investment of $ 2.1 billion over four years to improve access to mental health care and addiction services in yesterday's budget is good news for many families involved with child welfare in Ontario.

Service (s) include: legal advice and representation to low income residents of Philadelphia in civil cases involving bankruptcy, child custody, credit card debt, elderly issues, employment, landlord - tenant, mortgages, public housing / section 8, and welfare, to name a few.

First of all, in many of the types of civil cases (housing, child welfare, mental health), low - income people are the * defendants *; they're not choosing to be involved in the legal process at all.

Each of the four MLC clinics provide free legal services to the most vulnerable populations — including people with disabilities and chronic illness, members of the LGBTQ community, undocumented immigrants and refugees, children and youth in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems, and people involved with the criminal justice system.

Obviously, as with a court application involving children, the welfare of the child is paramount [1] in the decision making process.

He says it «cuts a wide swath of stuff» involving family, criminal, and human rights law — ranging from child - welfare cases to sentencing principles that require courts to take into account the over-representation of aboriginals in the criminal justice system.

Please email your MP to ask for their support to secure the continued funding of Family Rights Group's unique, free specialist advice service for families who are involved with children's services about their children's welfare.

This section contains State and local examples of effective practices to serve families affected by substance use disorders and who are involved in the child welfare system.

Presents recommendations for meeting the substance abuse and mental health treatment needs of families involved in the child welfare system.

The results of this study provide empirical evidence on the steps that child welfare agencies currently take to identify, locate and involve nonresident fathers in case planning; the barriers encountered; and the policies and practices that affect involvement.

Family support and preservation services may be provided to different types of families involved with the child welfare system — birth or biological families, kinship families, foster families, and adoptive families — to enhance family functioning and ensure child safety.

This study documents that nonresident fathers of children in foster care are not often involved in case planning efforts and nearly half are never contacted by the child welfare agency during their child's stay in foster care.

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.

A major issue in this area is the capacity of staff to work with the multitude of ethnic and cultural groups that currently characterize the American populace (see U.S. Census Bureau, 2000), and thus are involved in the child welfare system.

Obtaining the perspectives of families by involving them in evaluating child welfare services and programs is a critical first step in identifying how services are affecting families.

Latino Families and the Public Child Welfare System: Examining the Role of Social Support Networks Ayón Children and Youth Services Review, 33 (10), 2011 View Abstract Examines Latino families» social networks and the role they play when a family is involved with the public child welfare syChild Welfare System: Examining the Role of Social Support Networks Ayón Children and Youth Services Review, 33 (10), 2011 View Abstract Examines Latino families» social networks and the role they play when a family is involved with the public child welfare sychild welfare system.

wraparound services An arrangement of individualized, coordinated, family - driven care to meet complex needs of children and families who are involved with several child - and family - serving systems (such as mental health, child welfare, juvenile justice, and special education).

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.

We help our clients resolve the hard issues involving the welfare of their children.

Community - based Resources: Keystone to the System of Care Examines the elements of a successful community - based approach to serving children and families involved with the child welfare system.

Family Navigator Concept Paper, Kansas (PDF - 22 KB) Summarizes the barriers to timely and helpful support to families newly involved with the child welfare system and addresses the benefits of the family navigator program for the family and the child welfare agency.

Court / Child Welfare National Exchange Template (NET) Task Force National Center for State Courts Offers information on a collaborative effort involving Federal, State, and local organizations to develop a set of technical specifications to assist jurisdictions in the electronic sharing of information between child welfare agencies and coChild Welfare National Exchange Template (NET) Task Force National Center for State Courts Offers information on a collaborative effort involving Federal, State, and local organizations to develop a set of technical specifications to assist jurisdictions in the electronic sharing of information between child welfare agencies and cochild welfare agencies and courts.

An Individualized, Strengths - Based Approach in Public Child Welfare Driven Systems of Care Discusses the importance of establishing policies and practices that promote and facilitate an individualized, strengths - based approach when working with children and families involved with child welChild Welfare Driven Systems of Care Discusses the importance of establishing policies and practices that promote and facilitate an individualized, strengths - based approach when working with children and families involved with child welchild welfare.

Penelope is the Executive Director of a community - based organization serving families who are in the child welfare system as well as youth who are gang involved.

More than 100 home visitation programs provide services to parents at risk for abuse and neglect in twenty - eight states.66 Operated under the oversight of the National Exchange Club Foundation, each site offers a free home visitation program for parents involved with child welfare services; the goal is to reduce the cycle of abuse.

(They are often reclassified as abused or neglected or abandoned to meet the requirements of funding).28 Whatever the reason for their involvement with child welfare services — whether difficult child behavior or some measure of parental incapacity — the share of children involved with these services who have behavior problems is substantial.

These findings approximate those of the more recent National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well - Being (NSCAW) that 20 percent of children in an investigation for abuse and neglect had a mother who, by either the child welfare worker's or mother's account, was involved with drugs or alcohol; that figure rises to 42 percent for children who are placed into foster care.7 These studies have clearly established a positive relationship between a caregiver's substance abuse and child maltreatment among children in out - of - home care and among children in the general populaChild and Adolescent Well - Being (NSCAW) that 20 percent of children in an investigation for abuse and neglect had a mother who, by either the child welfare worker's or mother's account, was involved with drugs or alcohol; that figure rises to 42 percent for children who are placed into foster care.7 These studies have clearly established a positive relationship between a caregiver's substance abuse and child maltreatment among children in out - of - home care and among children in the general populachild welfare worker's or mother's account, was involved with drugs or alcohol; that figure rises to 42 percent for children who are placed into foster care.7 These studies have clearly established a positive relationship between a caregiver's substance abuse and child maltreatment among children in out - of - home care and among children in the general populachild maltreatment among children in out - of - home care and among children in the general population.

Among children whose abuse was so serious that they entered foster care, the rate of substance abuse was about three times higher.8 Thus, substance abuse by parents of victims of child abuse may not be as common in the general child welfare services - involved population as often believed, but substance abuse appears to be a significant contributor to maltreatment.

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

At the same time, in my career as a child welfare caseworker, I was involved in placement decisions for hundreds of children and their biological, foster, and adoptive families.

A subgroup analysis of high risk women who were unmarried and from low SES households (40 %) showed that home visits reduced the number of subsequent births (mean difference [MD] 0.5, p = 0.02), months that women received welfare (MD 29.9, p = 0.005), reports of behavioural impairment due to substance abuse (incidence 0.41 v 0.73, p = 0.005), records of arrests (incidence 0.16 v 0.90, p < 0.001), convictions (incidence 0.13 v 0.69, p < 0.001), and verified reports of child abuse and neglect involving the mother as perpetrator (incidence 0.11 v 0.53, p < 0.01).