Valuing and Retaining Staff: Being Trauma-Informed and Responsive Can Benefit Both Organizations and their Workforce Published in Children’s Voice, Volume 32, Number 1 By Kathleen McGowan, Alix Rivière, Audrey Smolkin, and Melissa Threadgill The Massachusetts Center on Child Wellbeing & Trauma’s (CCWT) mission is to support organizations in becoming more responsive to trauma and in reducing
Published in Children’s Voice, Volume 32, Number 1 by the CWLA Emerging Leaders Committee Whether someone is new to the work of child welfare or has been doing it for years, they likely have experienced the recent challenges related to agencies building and maintaining a stable workforce. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the situation along with efforts
Published in Children’s Voice, Volume 32, Number 1 by Elaine Arsenault Special Education Surrogate Parents (SESPs) are volunteers designated to make special education decisions for students in the custody of the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (DCF) or students whose parents are unknown or unable to participate in the special education decision-making process according to state
Celebrating Families!: Embracing, Empowering, and Guiding Families by Rosemary Tisch When dealing with substance use disorders, traditionally, the focus is on the adult who is using and possibly on their partner. But what services are offered to their children? Children living with an adult dealing with addiction often experience chronic trauma, now recognized as an
Keeping SCHORE: UPD Consulting Helps Connect Baltimore Students to Affordable Housing Published in Children’s Voice Volume 30, Number 1 by Ann Willemssen At the end of most school days, Joe Manko, the principal of Liberty Elementary School in West Baltimore, would place students into taxis waiting to drive them to their temporary resting spots across the city.
Future Focus: Supporting Education & Career Development in the Era of COVID-19 Published in Children's Voice Volume 30, Number 1 by Lan To It’s currently the fall of 2021 and young people and families are facing so many questions about the future—for which answers are few and ever-changing. A season often full of excitement and
Call for Abstracts: A Special Issue on Social Determinants of Health and Child Welfare Services Extended Deadline: November 1 The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) and Centene Corporation are pleased to announce a call for abstracts for a special issue of Child Welfare journal dedicated to examining the relationship between social determinants of health
A Century-long Pathway to Permanency: The Transformation of the Child Welfare System Joseph M. Costa CEO & President Emeritus, Hillsides The following is an excerpt. To download Reflections on Child Welfare Areas of Practice, Issues, and Service Populations, Volume 2. On any given day, children are referred to either the Hillsides’ Resource Family and Adoption
The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) expresses it deep concern and dismay about the increased violence and number of hate crimes targeted at the Asian American population. The murders in Georgia on Tuesday, March 16 are only the latest and most dramatic instances. We stand with the Asian American community across the country in our
Supporting a Safe Culture that Surfaces Problems: Transforming Child Welfare into High-Reliability Organizations Heather H. Kestian Deputy Director for Strategic Solutions and Agency Transformation, Indiana Department of Child Services While working in child welfare over the course of the past 11 years, I have seen a number of excellent employees leave child welfare as a
