Jodie blogs about working with her field instructor and task supervisor in a child protection unit at Ramsey County MSW Title IV-E Child Welfare Student: Jodie Glaspie Field Instructor: Nichole Castona Task Supervisor: Melissa Dolan Field Site: Ramsey County Community Human Services "Working with Nichole and Melissa and the entire program unit at Ramsey County, [...]
Today's guest blogger is Libby Onichiri. Source: Foster Kids in Limbo: The Effects of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children on the Permanency of Children in Foster Care” report to the Annie E. Casey Foundation by Professor Vivek Sankaran of the Child Advocacy Law Clinic at the University Of Michigan Law School. The [...]
Rep. Rena Moran. Source: David Joles/Star Tribune Across the country state lawmakers are debating passing or strengthening existing legislation that would require random drug testing of TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families—"welfare") recipients. Minnesota is one of the few states where legislators are trying to modify an existing drug testing policy for recipients with prior felony [...]
Today's guest blogger is Robin Johnson. The following is a summarization from a chapter titled “Family Reunification and Kinship Care,” retrieved from The Child Welfare Challenge: Policy, Practice, and Research; written by Peter J. Pecora, James K. Whittaker, Anthony N. Maluccio, Richard P. Barth, and Diane DePanfilis, with Robert D. Plotnick (2009). As the title [...]
Today's guest blogger is Carlotta Crawford-Ojo. The Extended Family of My Two Open Adoptions by Suz Redfearn, February 21, 2014 This article walks the readers through the journey of a married couple who after so many years of fiercely trying to have a baby with their own coils of DNA, finally throws in the towel [...]
Rachel blogs about taking what she's learned in her MSW coursework and field training to her work with families in the child protection system. My name is Rachel, and I am an MSW IV-E student interning within a child protection unit in the metro area. This past year has been my first experience working in [...]
Source: Linda Grobman/Flickr Every year, The National Association of Social Workers–Minnesota (NASW-MN) sponsors Social Work Day at the Capital in Minnesota. This year Social Work Day will be on Monday, April 7, 2014, with the theme of "All Minnesotans Matter," keeping in line with last month's Social Work Month theme of "All People Matter." Although [...]
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month Since 1983, April has been designated as National Child Abuse Prevention Month. The theme for this year is "Making Meaningful Connections," not only with children and youth but also with families and communities. When we make meaningful connections with children and youth, we provide them with a sense [...]
