About a year ago, President Trump signed the Family First Prevention Service Act into law. Social workers engaged in child and family care praised the legislation as the first “prevention” measure to help keep children safely with their families and avoid the traumatic experience of entering foster care. The act emphasized the importance of children growing up in families and helps ensure children are placed in the least restrictive, most family-like setting appropriate to their special needs when foster care is needed.
Topics: Child Welfare, Foster Care, Government, grants, nonprofit funding, social services
“I was brought up in a household where Christmas meant fun, laughter, presents and lots of food. Christmas was my favorite time of the year,” a social worker, who prefers to remain anonymous, began her Christmas story. “I guess that’s why, when I began my career in social work, it startled me to realize that for most of the children in my care Christmas was a very difficult time.”
Topics: Foster Care, Homeless & Food Pantry
A Foster Care Success Story to Share - The Bailey Family Story
Wanted to share an inspirational story of foster care that turned into an adoption in Arkansas. Meet Chase and the Bailey family and watch this short video. https://vimeo.com/202694305
Topics: Social Services Industry News, Foster Care
This blog received an email in the past week from a social worker in Des Moines. We have reproduced it here in its original form.
Topics: Foster Care, Insider, Government
PERFECT... is a perception - You must allow your children to fail
Do You Allow Your Children to Fail?
These days our children’s lives read like a Hollywood movie. People are trying to script their children’s lives. In some cases - they are not allowed to fail. It starts young, if they are sports minded, they have to grow up to be the next Tiger Woods. If they are smart, they are pushed to be a rocket scientist or similar.
Topics: Child Welfare, Foster Care, Fun Stuff
As a software vendor in the Health and Human Services arena it’s inspiring to be partnered with agencies that work tirelessly to help others.
Topics: Child Welfare, Foster Care, FAMCare
A Trend Toward Kinship Care and Placement is Definitely Due!
As an adopted person who was separated from my twin brother at one year of age, I especially have a strong commitment to this trend. Although, I could not have landed in a better household with very loving parents the entire process was certainly less structured than today’s process.
Topics: Child Welfare, Foster Care, Adoption
DHHS, Nebraska Families Collaborative Agree on Contract for Case Management
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 26, 2016
CONTACT
Russ Reno, Communications and Legislative Services, (office) 402-471-8287 or (cell) 402-450-7318, or russ.reno@nebraska.gov
Lincoln – An agreement on a contract to continue to provide child welfare case management in Douglas and Sarpy counties has been reached by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and Nebraska Families Collaborative (NFC).
Topics: Global Vision Technologies, Child Welfare, Foster Care
Child Welfare & Family Services Statistical Indicators - An Overview
Child Welfare
Every year we take a look at the national statistics compiled by the Department of Health and Human Services on the state of childcare across the country. These statistics are used to evaluate whether the risk factors affecting the welfare of America’s children are increasing or diminishing.
Topics: Child Welfare, Foster Care, Juvenile Justice
The Healing Power of Respect - The Children First Academy
There is no better way to introduce you to the heart and soul of Children First Academy than to reproduce parts of their mission statement here.
Topics: Child Welfare, Foster Care