Los Angeles County leaders want more probation officers to pursue social work degrees, and more social workers to pursue careers in probation. A motion approved by a 5-0 vote of the county’s Board of Supervisors […]
Los Angeles County’s Antelope Valley — the remote area that has seen several of the county’s worst child welfare tragedies over the past six years — is at the center of a new philanthropic effort […]
Another child under the care of Los Angeles County has been killed. An adorable 4-year-old child will not grow up healthy and happy and eventually raise a family of his own. Instead, a little corpse […]
As a black male entering the social worker field, I am often the only person of color at an agency and in a classroom. My supervisors are white, my professors are white, and my peers are […]
As Kansas rolls out changes to its child welfare system, a decision to loosen requirements for child protection specialists has some child advocates concerned that the state is trading a quantity problem for a quality […]
Advocates in California are lobbying Gov. Jerry Brown (D) to set aside $100 million for an effort to steer young people away from involvement in the juvenile justice system across the state. On Monday, advocates […]
With more than 80 social workers positions currently open at the Kansas Department of Children and Families (DCF), the state is ramping up recruitment efforts. DCF currently has 78 protection specialist positions to fill, and […]
SOURCE: California Child Welfare Co-Investment Partnership SUBJECT: Child Welfare Workforce TYPE: Child Welfare YEAR PRODUCED: 2017 A new report takes a closer look at California’s struggle to recruit and maintain an adequate and diverse child […]
After the state passed two laws last year addressing the needs of “out-of-county” foster youth, California has rolled out new rules to support them, including better access to mental health services. Currently, 13,313 foster youth […]
As The Chronicle of Social Change was recently rolling out a series of stories on how child welfare systems respond to drug addiction, Youth Services Insider read a great piece about how the worsening opioid epidemic was affecting […]
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