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Posted Wed, 04/29/2009 - 21:04 by MatthewS
Address 1:
Cordell Hull Building 7th Floor
From the Tennessee Department of Children's Services Page:
As Tennessee's public child welfare agency, the Department of Children’s Services is responsible for helping some of our state's most vulnerable citizens.
Our case managers have the responsibility investigating cases of child abuse and neglect. Our resource parent specialists work to find good foster homes and adoptive families. Our juvenile justice program treats the youthful offenders who are sent to us by the courts.
Posted Tue, 04/28/2009 - 19:19 by MatthewS
From the Indiana ICS page:
Vision: Children thrive in safe, caring, supportive families and communities.
Mission: The Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) protects children from abuse and neglect. DCS does this by partnering with families and communities to provide safe, nurturing, and stable homes.
Values: Protecting Our Children, Families and Future.
Posted Thu, 02/19/2009 - 22:33 by MatthewS
Address 1:
1400 Broadway (Cogswell Building)
From the Montana CFSD site:
The Child and Family Services Division (CFSD) is a part of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services. Its mission is to keep Montana's children safe and families strong.
The division provides state and federally mandated protective services to children who are abused, neglected, or abandoned. This includes receiving and investigating reports of child abuse and neglect, working to prevent domestic violence, helping families to stay together or reunite, and finding placements in foster or adoptive homes.
Posted Thu, 02/19/2009 - 22:27 by MatthewS
From the UT Child and Family Services Page:
Our goal is to have communities where children grow up safe from abuse, neglect, and dependency, where adults are protected from domestic violence, and where parents can be strengthened in their capacity to keep their family safe.
Posted Thu, 02/12/2009 - 21:54 by MatthewS
From the DCFS site:
The Nevada Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS), together in genuine partnership with families, communities and other governmental agencies, provides support and services to assist Nevada's children and families in reaching their full human potential. DCFS recognizes that Nevada's families are our future and children, youth and families thrive when they:
*Live in safe, permanent settings
*Experience a sense of sustainable emotional and physical well being
Posted Tue, 12/16/2008 - 22:27 by MatthewS
Author:
Gregory Keck
Regina M. Kupecky
Keck and Kupecky are recognized experts in attachment, fostering, and adoption. This book explores the challenges parents of children of abusive backgrounds face.
Posted Tue, 12/09/2008 - 23:41 by MatthewS
Author:
Jennifer Wilgocki
Marcia Kahn Wright
Alissa Imre Geis
This book explains to children what being in foster care means. It will help both foster parents and children make sense of what often seems to not make sense.
Posted Wed, 11/12/2008 - 23:13 by MatthewS
From the Natural Child Project Site:
Our vision is a world in which all children are treated with dignity, respect, understanding, and compassion. In such a world, every child can grow into adulthood with a generous capacity for love and trust. Our society has no more urgent task.
Posted Sat, 11/01/2008 - 10:57 by MatthewS
From the Child Welfare Information Gateway site:
Child Welfare Information Gateway promotes the safety, permanency, and well-being of children and families by connecting child welfare, adoption and related professionals as well as concerned citizens to timely, essential information.