child abuse

October 2011

Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2011

By Lindsey Brekke|2016-12-01T19:33:22-06:00October 14th, 2011|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: 112th Congress, child abuse, licensing, neglect, residential programs|

The bill H. R. 3126: 'Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2011' was proposed on October 6, 2011 to require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs. What residential programs fall under this bill? This bill would cover private and public programs such as [...]

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July 2011

Early Childhood and Child Welfare: An Important Collaboration

By Heidi Ombisa Skallet|2016-12-01T19:33:23-06:00July 11th, 2011|Categories: CASCW at the Capitol|Tags: child abuse, child welfare, collaboration, developmental science, early childhood, neglect|

Our next summer topic is on the youngest of children involved in child welfare, those aged 0-5 years. We chose to focus on this topic not only because of the attention early childhood experiences has been getting lately from state and federal legislators (e.g. U.S. Senator Al Franken, MN Representative Nora Slawik, and MN Senator [...]

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