As we enter our fourth year of
child welfare reform in Minnesota and reflect upon the lessons learned, sustainable collaborative partnerships have emerged as a primary contiguous thread driving our successes.
Caption: Cindy Blackstock of the First Nations and Family Caring Society won a complaint against a federal government policy that funds on-reserve
child welfare at lower rates than off-reserve services.
The new course will run in May, with a refresher in the autumn, and clubs are asked to contact Peaker on rpeaker@yahoo.com to record the name of their
child welfare officer and which courses they need to register for if they have not taken one in the last three years.
"It was a great honor to have the opportunity to meet and speak with the delegates of the
Child Welfare Society of Kenya,'' stated Sen.
The
Child Welfare Service has, on the basis of an expert assessment, concluded that it is in the children's best interests that they return home to India with their uncle.
Similarly, because we believe that involvement in our
child welfare system might frequently be more detrimental than helpful to children and families, and in effect, punitive, we are concerned if, for example, African-American children are disproportionately reported to the system, confirmed as "abused and neglected" with cases opened on them by the system, placed in foster care, and kept longer in foster care than other children.
The goal of the
child welfare system is to "ensure safety, permanency, and well-being for all children who come to the attention of the
child welfare system," according to the
Child Welfare League of America.
Public
child welfare has become a system that primarily serves poor children and their families (Pelton, 1994).
Less than six months after the horrifying death of 15-year-old Jeanette Maples, another child abuse case, this one with a less-tragic ending, has prompted an investigation of state
child welfare services in Lane County.
Child Welfare Revisited; An Africentric Perspective.