Category: Child Welfare System
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Being a Foster Parent in Michigan is Really Hard!
Being a foster parent is hard. Extremely hard. And while foster parents often get a bad rap in the news (because you only hear about the bad ones) the reality is very different. There are thousands of excellent foster parents out there whose hard work, love and dedication never make the news. Whose compassion and…
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Former Foster Youth Conduct Survey – Keep Families Together!
There have been countless studies conducted over the years to determine whether children fare better in foster care, or with their natural families. The answers have been unanimous across the board – kids are better off with their own families, wherever possible. But what makes this particular piece of research unique is that it was…
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What To Do When CPS Shows Up At Your Door! (Part 3)
Welcome back to this series on how to handle a CPS worker that shows up unannounced at you door, demanding to come in. In the previous two articles we talked about the importance of being polite in all your interactions with CPS, and why CPS would need a warrant to enter your home. Moving on,…
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What To Do When CPS Shows Up At Your Door! (Part 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us again. In the previous article we discussed how to handle a phone call from CPS, and what to do at first when a CPS worker shows up on your doorstep. Picking up where we left off, CPS is still waiting at your front door, with a police officer…
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Is Foster Care Better? Or Should Families be Kept Together? (pt. 2)
Welcome back, and thanks for joining us as we discuss the subject of whether foster care is as helpful as we hoped, or if children do better when kept with their families. As we pointed out in the previous article, there are certainly situations when children need to be removed from their parent’s care…
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Is Foster Care Better? Or Should Families be Kept Together? (pt. 1)
The National Coalition for Child Protection Reform has long been of the belief that more harm is done by removing children from their homes, even if those homes are not the happiest, versus removing the kids from their imperfect families. As it turns out, they were on to something. And there’s evidence to prove it.…
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What is Foster Care Panic? And Does it Affect Child Welfare in Michigan? (Pt. 4)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us. If you’re just finding this series now, we recommend you take a minute to get caught up. If you’ve been with us from the start, let’s dive in… At this point it we think it would be safe to assume that we are all on the same page.…
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What is Foster Care Panic? And Does it Affect Child Welfare in Michigan? (Pt. 3)
Welcome back, to our discussion on foster care panic and the effects it has on the child welfare system. In our previous two articles, we looked at what exactly a “foster care panic” is, and how it happens. Moving on, we’d like to explore that in a little more depth, before talking about options for…
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What is Foster Care Panic? And Does it Affect Child Welfare in Michigan? (Pt. 2)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us for this in-depth look at the social phenomenon that is foster care panic. As we described in the intro, foster care panic is what happens whenever a child who was taken from their home by CPS, is sent back home and then dies. The ensuing outcry and…
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What is Foster Care Panic? And Does it Affect Child Welfare in Michigan? (Pt. 1)
You’re probably wondering what exactly ‘foster care panic’ is. Don’t worry – you’re not alone! Many people have never heard the term before! However, it’s actually a very real, and very scary reality in the child welfare system, and can have a huge impact on the wellbeing of families and children in a state. So…