Labels lead to a chain of events, but what is not accepted in one culture may be perfectly normal in another culture. Continue reading Labels Matter. A happy American can be seen as a confused lunatic in Japan.
Be less judgmental and more supportive. Empowering other people is empowering. It feels good to make others feel good. Smile and the world smiles back. Don’t be judgmental and challenge your friends, but let your friends know how their words can affect other people in negative harmful ways. Continue reading 42.5 million American adults suffer from some mental illness.
The foster care system is broken and parents are having difficulty working through mental health and legal systems. Foster children don’t stand a chance! Only about 25% of foster children receive services at any given time (Polihronakis, Tina, 2017). They are too young to advocate for themselves and are often passed through several homes. Usually more than one a month! They don’t get to have a permanent doctor or team to help them make it through life. This results in missed appointments, miscommunications, and a lack of proper care. It is time for solutions. Children deserve better. Minding Hearts is building … Continue reading Most foster children are missing doctor’s appointments.
Children are often a priority for homeless services systems. As a result, families with children are least likely to be unsheltered, but runaways and young people not living with their families do not receive the same access to services. Most homeless children are without shelter. Many homeless youth have been found living in uninhabitable dwelling places. They also live with depression. Continue reading Unaccompanied youth make up 50% of the homeless youth population and they are unsheltered.
The Family First Prevention Services Act provides an important opportunity for child welfare leaders to support families with Title IV-E funding. However, Family First is just one piece of the puzzle. Continue reading Funding stream to keep families safe and connected.
TIP report shows….In the United States, traffickers prey upon children in the foster care system. Recent reports have consistently indicated that a large number of victims of child sex trafficking were at one time in the foster care system. Continue reading Trafficking report from the Department of State even says that foster care is a problem.
I watched as the Department of Human Services Division of Children and Families made an attempt to celebrate Reunification Month Continue reading How does adoption affect the biological family?
NAACP asked US AG Garland to investigate Governor Bryant for his role in missing Department of Human Services funds. Continue reading Auditors Request that Governor Bryant be investigated after Mississippi Today series
a six-week-old baby boy, Lucas Birchim, who was adopted by a college professor died as a result of physical abuse. Forty-two year old Van Erick Custodio was charged with one count of felony child abuse. Continue reading College professor charged for murder of a 6-week-old adopted baby boy.
More than 300,000 U.S. children were trafficked last year! and that is just what has been reported. Decades of data suggested that the majority of children trafficked in the United States are child welfare involved: Continue reading Decades of data connecting child welfare systems with human trafficking.
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