The Family Voices United campaign surveyed birth parents, kinship caregivers, foster/resource and adoptive parents, and young people with experience in the child welfare system across the country to compile their... (Read more)
Published Sep 19, 2023
Child welfare is a complex and deeply sensitive field, where the lives of vulnerable children intersect with the intricacies of family dynamics and societal support systems. In the pursuit of... (Read more)
Published Sep 19, 2023
Deputy Secretary of Children and Adult Services Cammie Chapman this week updated West Virginia lawmakers on the effort to reduce the state’s reliance on residential treatment facilities for children with... (Read more)
Published Sep 19, 2023
Child poverty in the United States more than doubled and median household income declined last year when coronavirus pandemic-era government benefits expired and inflation kept rising , according to figures... (Read more)
Published Sep 19, 2023
Every single one of us, if we live long enough, is likely to experience being a family caregiver, needing a family caregiver, or both. Each year, more than 53 million... (Read more)
Published Sep 19, 2023
Every day, four to eight children in the United States die from abuse or neglect at the hands of their parents or caretakers. No one knows the exact number, and... (Read more)
Published Sep 19, 2023
What role do poverty and economic hardship play in child maltreatment and neglect? And how can child welfare systems prevent them? UW Professor of Social Work Kristen Slack will hare... (Read more)
Published Sep 19, 2023
Gaybrielle Crawford is the executive director of Love Made Visible . She entered the foster care system at nine years old and bounced around group homes until she aged out... (Read more)
Published Sep 19, 2023
Ponch and Lettie said their culture is family, but they're fighting in court to bring their nephew's daughter into their family versus staying in foster care. Read the full article... (Read more)
Published Sep 19, 2023
Peer support is a recognized therapeutic model for recovery and well-being that was first developed and used in the 1970s in the mental health and substance use disorder systems. Since... (Read more)
Published Sep 19, 2023