CASCW at the Capitol

CASCW at the Capitol, our child welfare policy blog, was developed as a way to disseminate relevant child welfare-related policy information to child welfare practitioners and supervisors.

October 2011

Round Table on Early Childhood

By Danielle Hegseth|2016-12-01T19:33:22-06:00October 13th, 2011|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: child welfare, collaboration, conference, developmental science, early childhood|

The Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare and the Center for Early Education and Development are cosponsoring a Round Table Discussion regarding how early childhood development and child welfare practice interact. This event will be held on Thursday, November 3rd at the Science Museum of Minnesota. The discussion, entitled "Mobilizing Hope: Using a Developmental [...]

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World Mental Health Day: Secondary Traumatic Stress & Child Welfare Workers

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2016-12-01T19:33:22-06:00October 10th, 2011|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: child welfare workforce, mental health, secondary traumatic stress, World Mental Health Day|

Today is World Mental Health Day. This year's theme is "The Great Push: Investing in Mental Health," with a call for governments and others to invest in policies and approaches for removing barriers to mental health services and investing in prevention efforts as a cost-savings measure. In observance of this day, I feel it is [...]

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Former Homeless Youth on the Agenda for Low Income Housing Tax Credit

By Lindsey Brekke|2016-12-01T19:33:22-06:00October 7th, 2011|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: education, foster care, homeless youth, Low Income Housing Tax Credit, McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, unaccompanied youth|

H. R. 3076 was introduced on October 3, 2011. The purpose of this bill is to amend the Internal Revenue Code to qualify formerly homeless youth who are students for purposes of the low income housing tax credit. The bill affects those youth identified as homeless by the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act sec. 725, which [...]

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Bio: Lindsay Brekke

By Lindsey Brekke|2016-12-01T19:33:22-06:00October 5th, 2011|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|

I'm Lindsay Brekke. I am currently finishing my graduate degree in Social Work at the University of Wisconsin- Madison. I am completing my internship at the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare and focusing on child welfare policy. My interests are youth aging out-of-foster care and foster parent training and support. What's to come [...]

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Author Introduction

By Danielle Hegseth|2016-12-01T19:33:22-06:00October 4th, 2011|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|

Hello! My name is Danielle Hegseth and I am currently in my last year of Graduate School, completing a Master's in Social Work and a Master's in Public Policy. My areas of study include program evaluation, policy analysis, early intervention, and early childhood educational policy. I will be writing about the intersections of early childhood [...]

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Continuing with our blog redesign…

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2016-12-01T19:33:22-06:00October 4th, 2011|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|

You may have noticed that we have begun posting blog entries under individual author names, rather than the organization's name. This is due to the addition of new team members contributing to our blog's content. As our blog redesign nears completion, we will be changing our blog content slightly: Rather than focusing on a monthly [...]

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September 2011

National Infant Mortality Awareness Month

By Danielle Hegseth|2016-12-01T19:33:22-06:00September 29th, 2011|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: child welfare, disparities, foster care, health care, Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2011, infant mortality, teen pregnancy|

September is National Infant Mortality Awareness Month. This is an important awareness campaign, and on September 23rd, the Senate passed a Resolution supporting its values and goals. However, you may be wondering what it has to do with Child Welfare policy. Well, I'm glad you asked! First, some background. This observance was established by the [...]

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Brain Development & Child Welfare Policy and Practice

By Danielle Hegseth|2016-12-01T19:33:22-06:00September 27th, 2011|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: conference, developmental science, early childhood, early intervention, foster care, Oregon, placement instability|

Dr. Jack Shonkoff, co-editor of From Neurons to Neighborhoods, spoke at the symposium "Applying the Science of Early Childhood Development to Child Welfare Policy and Practices" in Oregon last month. Shonkoff, along with Philip A. Fisher a University of Oregon psychology professor, emphasized the neurological basis for the developmental, social, and behavioral problems of very [...]

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