Have you ever considering volunteering for a child focused agency including but not limited to Big Brother / Big Sisters, or CASA (court appointed special advocate?)
Children and families being served by child welfare matter.
Did you know that Kansas averages 7000+ children in state custody while Missouri has 12,000 +? And of those children, 65-75% are more likely to be a child of color.
Why? Bias? Systemic Racism?
Did you know that child welfare spends more money to investigate child abuse and to remove children rather than preventing abuse and/or removal?
Children are better served in their own families.
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Historically, child welfare policies emphasized child saving rather than family strengthening. Policy still displays ongoing tension between the family’s right to preservation and the public’s desire to protect children.
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In total, the United States can be understood to have not a “child welfare” policy that provides supports for the universal well-being of children, but instead a “child risk response system.”
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Social Policy for Effective Practice by Rosemary Kennedy Chapin; Melinda Kay Lewis, 5th Ed 2020
Addressing the Foster Care Crisis in Kansas
Strengthen Families Rebuilding Hope
Growing Up in the Care of Strangers: The Experiences, Insights and Recommendations of Eleven Former Foster Kids by Waln Brown & John Seita
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Vladimir Sainte
LCSW MSW
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Shaley George
Curator
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Invisible: The Black & Blues of Child Welfare by Aaron Green MSW
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