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Supporting families and children of mothers in jail: An integrated child welfare and criminal justice strategy
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Charged with the responsibility for protecting children and preserving families, the child welfare system needs to pay special attention to women in jail and their families. Jails provide an opportunity to reach families early in the criminal justice process. This article explores why working with women in jail and their children is within the scope of the child welfare system's mandate; describes the pressures on the criminal justice and child welfare systems that prevent either from working...
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In our best interest: Three necessary shifts for child welfare workers and children
Child Welfare
; In contrast to medicine, technology, and other fields, where great advances have been made in the past century, child welfare has yet to reach its full potential. The author a former youth in care, proposes three practical shifts in child welfare policy and practice, changes that would cost little
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Children with parents in prison: Child welfare policy, program, and practice issues
Child Welfare
; As the rate at which adults are being incarcerated in the United States escalates, child welfare professionals are encountering growing numbers of children who have parents in prison. Current estimates indicate that as many as 1.5 million children have an incarcerated parent; many thousands of
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Child Welfare Involvement Among Children in Homeless Families
Child Welfare
; An analysis of 8,251 homeless children in New York City found that 18% of them received child welfare services over the five-year period following their first shelter admission, and an additional 6% had a history of having received such services before their first shelter admission. Recurrent use
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Child Welfare League of America Releases State Surveys Highlighting Status of the Nation's Children, Crisis Faced by Child Welfare System
U.S. Newswire
; WASHINGTON, March 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The largest and oldest national children's organization and its 1100 members today released State by State child welfare data showing increases in child deaths as a result of abuse and neglect and recommended specific solutions aimed at resolving the problem.
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Child welfare shuffled again; Children's Hospital takes over most county services
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Child welfare shuffled again Children's Hospital takes over most county services Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and its subsidiaries will take over most child welfare services in Milwaukee County under a consolidation of agencies. Wisconsin Community Service Network, which has provided services
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