The Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, or the Forum, has produced a report that centers on 41 key indicators of important aspects of children’s lives in seven domains: family and social environment, economic circumstances, health care, physical environment and safety, behavior, education, and health. The report, America’s Children: Key National Indicators of…
DetailsCYF News | December 2017 The Indian Child Welfare Act and fostering youth cultural identity A new model to provide culturally competent services to American Indian children, families and tribes. By Kathy D. LaPlante, MSW As a child welfare social worker, I worked in the largest county in the United States with the largest urban…
DetailsImproving the well-being of American Indian children, families and communities American Indian populations bear a disproportionate burden from risk factors related to poor health—learn more about new programs and social supports to improve quality of life. By Michael Lawler, PhD American Indian (including in this publication, Native American, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian) children, youth,…
DetailsResearch from the Jolene’s Law Task Force indicates more than 4,000 South Dakota children suffer sexual abuse every year. The devastation spans all ethnic and socioeconomic groups in the state. You can learn more about the fight to end child sexual abuse in the state at the October 3rd open house for the Northeast REACH Multidisciplinary Team in Watertown. Joining us for more is Carrie Sanderson. She’s director of the Center for the Prevention of Child Maltreatment at the University of South Dakota.
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WATERTOWN, S.D. – The Northeast REACH (Respond, Educate, Advocate, Counsel, Heal) Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) will host an open house on October 3rd from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Sanford Health Child’s Voice Outreach Clinic in Watertown, SD. The REACH team will serve victims of child maltreatment across 13 counties in northeastern South Dakota. The…
DetailsLet me start with a radical statement: I love data. One of my favorite activities in my role as chief strategy officer at Children & Families First, a large nonprofit child and family services agency, is turning columns of numbers into sets of colorful graphs. But even more satisfying is watching someone engage with the…
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Every 8 minutes, child protective services substantiates, or finds evidence for, a claim of child sexual abuse, according to RAINN. While this statistic is unsettling, we also know that early intervention — even before an episode of abuse occurs — works, and it can make a tremendous difference in a child’s life. This early action,…
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