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All posts tagged "Child Welfare and Foster Care"
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News
Foster Children Medicated Without Consent
Nearly one in six children in the Florida foster care system who had been prescribed psychotropic medication were given the drugs without...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
New Rule On TANF Could Mean Millions for Youth and Family Services in Your State
If you aren’t watching what your state legislators and governor are doing with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families money (TANF), now is...
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Three of 16 Innovation Award Finalists are CW Programs
Youth-focused reform efforts had another strong showing this year among the finalists for the Innovations in Government Award, which is funded by...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
New Rule Opens Up TANF Money for Youth Programs
If you aren’t watching what your state legislators and governor are doing with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families money (TANF), now is...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Funding from ACF; Private and Public Go Head-to-Head in Washington State; Project to Help Moms Wronged by the System; and more
***The Administration for Children and Families issued two solicitations for the Strengthening Communities Fund, which is part of the Recovery Act funds...
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Florida Sets Up Web Site on Death of Foster Child
In an unusually swift manner that bucks the common practice of secrecy characterizes most child welfare agencies, the Florida Department of Children...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
States Approaching the GAP with Caution
From a policy perspective, there is nary a person with a bad word to say about the guardianship assistance payments established by...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Weekly Notes: Funding at ACF; Children’s Rights Never Loses; Colorado Examines Racial Disparity; and more
***A few new funding announcements from the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), which may finally have a permanent boss soon. –Family...
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2009 Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces
The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption came out with its annual list of the Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces. The ranking is based on...
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News
Sánchez Leads Push for Anti-Bullying Policies
Calif. Rep. Linda Sánchez (D) Anti-bullying policies would be required of schools receiving Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Community Act funding under...
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The Case for School-Based Integration of Services: Changing the Ways Students, Families and Communities Engage with Their Schools
Public Private Ventures Schools should be used for so much more than school. That’s the message of this report outlining the benefits...
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Preparing Effective Contracts in Privatized Child Welfare Systems
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services This new guide underscores the reliance...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
How to Reach Uninsured Youths: Cut the Paperwork
In an effort to draw uninsured children into its health insurance program for the poor, New Jersey has taken an ax...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Jennifer L. England
Jennifer L. England Region 4 Youth SpecialistTexas Department of Family & Protective ServicesTyler, Texas(903) 533-4144http://www.dfps.state.tx.us Age: 22 Salary: Around $28,000. My...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
AIDS Hasn’t Gone Away
New Youth Connections, New York After my first boyfriend and I broke up, it tore me up inside. When I learned...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Media Approach to Combat Obesity Fades from Use
The Basics The percentage of children ages 6 to 11 who are overweight increased from 4 percent in the early 1970s to...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Darius Goes West
Darius Goes West Foundation Inc.94 minutes. DVD $19.99. The story of Darius Weems could easily be sad: Stricken by Duchenne muscular dystrophy...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Child Nutrition Programs
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/ChildNutrition Here is a comprehensive overview of the federal government’s child nutrition initiatives: the National School Lunch, School Breakfast, Child and Adult...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
The Safe Space
http://www.thesafespace.org The site is a project of the Los Angeles-based nonprofit Break the Cycle, which works to empower youth to end...
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Hard Choices: Caring for the Children of Mentally Ill Parents
Center for New York City Affairs and the Center for an Urban Future This edition of Child Welfare Watch, a joint publication...
