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Girls with childhoods like mine don’t live long and they don’t grow up to become doctors. They die young and if they happen to stay alive, they end up in prison or living on the streets forever. I grew up …
I never thought this would be a problem. These people are relentless fighters, the kind of people who sacrifice money for a higher cause. If anything was certain, social workers fighting for social work should be in the bag. I’ve been fortunate …
Fostering Media Connections releases its third Los Angeles County Child Protection Checkup, as all eyes turn to the new Office of Child Protection’s efforts to stop child abuse before it ever happens. Office of Child Protection Director Fesia Davenport flanked …
Browsing my favorite time waster(thanks Reddit!) the other day I came upon a sentiment that made me hunker down and think about the race issue in America. The comment was that the 7 year olds of this country have never …
The hotel ballroom in downtown Sacramento was packed. Nearly two hundred youth and child welfare professionals had gathered for an evening of performances by current and former foster youth. When it was her turn at the microphone, fifteen-year-old Sade Daniels …
I would venture to say most social workers have little or no knowledge about the Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young Social Work Reinvestment Act (H.R. 1466) that has been sitting dormant in the House Committee on Education and …
*This article was originally published during Social Work Month 2013. The Network For Professional Social Work remains a strong organization so we thought it prudent to revisit it.* March was NASW’s Social Work month and SJS participated by promoting the …
by Chuck Jackson Positive youth development (PYD) is the paramount responsibility of all who work in education, after school programs, juvenile justice, treatment, and community programs in North America and abroad. The establishment of universally recognized outcome measures, applicable across …
Like all great stories I felt it was time to develop this into a trilogy, who knows, maybe we’ll make it a yearly tradition…prequels perhaps? For those of you who aren’t aware, this is Social Work month! A month where …
The reforms enshrined in a Los Angeles County blue ribbon commission report may be one step closer to reality with the recent appointment of a new child protection leader for the county. Last month, former Chief Deputy Director of the …
