Child Welfare Policy & News

This brief reviews the history, harms, pathways and trends that treat children as if they were adults.

Child Development Accounts (CDAs) and financial social work are part of the solution to economic inequality.

According to the National Commission on COVID-19 Criminal Justice (NCCCJ), domestic violence increased in the U.S. by 8.1 percent during the pandemic. Analysis from NCCCJ found that the rise is likely due to economic stress and lockdowns. The tension created by prolonged seclusion in lockdown, along with economic issues like unemployment, financial insecurity, and stress from child care and homeschooling, have exacerbated domestic violence risk factors.

Congress must enact legislation now to end child poverty in the U.S., writes NASW CEO Angelo McClain. 

Our guest is Lesli Suggs, LICSW, President and CEO of The Home for Little Wanderers, a Boston-based organization that helps build stable lives and hopeful futures for children who are abused, neglected or at-risk.

Elisa Nebolsine, LCSW, is author of "The Grit Workbook for Kids." We speak with her about why grit and determination are so important, and how parents and social workers can help kids develop these important skills.