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Los Angeles Wants to Turn More Probation Officers into Social Workers

November 20, 2019 Susan Abram Comments Off on Los Angeles Wants to Turn More Probation Officers into Social Workers

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 […]

Child Welfare

Big National Funders Back Plan to Help Antelope Valley After String of Child Welfare Deaths

November 11, 2019 Jeremy Loudenback Comments Off on Big National Funders Back Plan to Help Antelope Valley After String of Child Welfare Deaths

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 […]

Child Trauma

Failed L.A. County Leadership Results in the Death of a Child … Again

July 26, 2019 Darrell Park Comments Off on Failed L.A. County Leadership Results in the Death of a Child … Again

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 […]

Child Welfare

Does Your Agency Reflect the Diversity of the Community It Serves? Why Not?

April 22, 2019 Raekwon Burton Comments Off on Does Your Agency Reflect the Diversity of the Community It Serves? Why Not?

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 […]

Child Welfare

Kansas Drops Hiring Standards to Attract More Child Welfare Workers

July 16, 2018 Kim Phagan-Hansel Comments Off on Kansas Drops Hiring Standards to Attract More Child Welfare Workers

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 […]

Justice

$100 Million Diversion Effort Aims to Keep California Youth Avoid Lock Up

May 9, 2018 Jeremy Loudenback Comments Off on $100 Million Diversion Effort Aims to Keep California Youth Avoid Lock Up

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 […]

Child Welfare

Kansas Increases Social Worker Recruitment Efforts

March 14, 2018 Kim Phagan-Hansel Comments Off on Kansas Increases Social Worker Recruitment Efforts

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 […]

Child Welfare

Report: High Stress and Low Pay Are Biggest Concerns for California’s Child Welfare Workforce

December 29, 2017 Sara Tiano 1

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 […]

News

California Looks to Help Out-of-County Foster Youth

August 31, 2017 Stephanie Pham Comments Off on California Looks to Help Out-of-County Foster Youth

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 […]

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Child Welfare

An Unknown in the Opioid-Child Welfare Nexus: Use By Workers

May 16, 2017 John Kelly 1

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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