News on Social Work

$1.2M settlement reached in Ohio caged kids case

2010-03-10T11:45:36Z

<div id="subtitle">Ohio children forced to sleep in cages by adoptive parents will share $1.2M settlement</div><div><p>Eleven adopted and foster children forced to sleep in cages by their adoptive parents have reached a $1.2 million settlement with the Ohio county where they once lived.</p><p>Lawyers for the children contended that Huron County children's services w...

ND scrambles to save hot line ahead of floods

2010-02-22T09:09:57Z

<div id="subtitle">ND officials scramble to save statewide social services hot line ahead of flood season</div><div><p>When the Red River burst its banks last spring, flooding dozens of surrounding towns and cities, thousands of worried or displaced residents called a statewide 211 hot line to help find shelter or a meal.</p><p>But the nonprofit group that operates the service, which provides referrals for a rang...

Budget ax could fall on Mo. social services

2010-02-22T09:10:04Z

<div id="subtitle">Budget ax hits Mo. social services as House committees look to trim state spending</div><div><p>The budget ax fell hard on Missouri's social services Tuesday as House lawmakers began the long and painful process of crafting a state spending plan amid slumping tax revenues.</p><p>If the cuts hold up, Missouri would halt funding for crisis pregnancy...

Philly social workers on trial after girl's death

2010-02-22T12:43:36Z

<div id="subtitle">Philly social workers on trial for fraud after 2006 starvation death of disabled teen client</div><div><p>Four Philadelphia social workers charged with fraud in a case linked to the starvation death of a disabled teenager defended their work as their trial opened Wednesday, saying they were not paid for any medical expertise.</p><p>In an u...

Obama

2010-01-18T10:01:05Z

President Barack Obama smiles as he serves lunch to people at So Others Might Eat, a social services organization, in Washington Monday, Jan. 18, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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NC dad defends letting mom take girl later slain

2010-02-24T01:15:48Z

<div id="subtitle">Father says it was best decision at the time to let mother take NC girl who was later killed</div><div><p>The father of a North Carolina girl who was kidnapped and killed said Tuesday he made the best decision he could at the time when he let her live with her mother, who has since been charged with prostituting the child.</p><p>Bradle...

HE WAS READY; HELP WAS THERE

2010-02-24T16:44:26Z

<div id="subtitle">A new, more active approach to aiding the chronically homeless has begun to pay off</div><div><p> In 2004, state legislators budgeted $4.2 million for helping the hard-core homeless. It was the first time the state had targeted money at the issue. At the time, this meant nothing to Charles Jones. Several months later, he woke up near a fence on A Street downtow...

Sacramento County holds a public hearing on a new round of budget cuts for CPS

2009-09-24T04:16:25Z

Dominic Bobo, 17, who has been in foster care since he was 7, says to the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors that it was his social worker that helped him push through all the tough times. ''You have to look out for us,'' Bobo said. The proposal calls for cutting 200 social workers....

'You're Not Intelligent Enough To Marry', Bride Told

2009-09-16T04:35:55Z

Sep 09, 2009 - Fife, United Kingdom - Social workers banned a young woman from her own wedding in an extraordinary row over whether she is bright enough to get married. Kerry Robertson, who has mild learning difficulties, was told her wedding was being halted just 48 hours before she was to walk up the aisle with fiance Los Angeles woman who decapitated her 4-year-old with a kitchen knife showed signs of mental illness nine months before the attack, yet Los Angeles County child welfare officials decided she wasn't a serious threat to the boy.</p><p>Lars Sanchez was found dead on July 18 in a bedroom he shared with his mother. ...

Sharon Shoesmith leaves her home.

2009-08-14T07:00:28Z

Sharon Shoesmith the former director of Haringey Borough, London's Child services leaves her home in central London. Copyright: The Sun....

Spending more to serve might have consequences

2010-02-25T22:48:37Z

<div id="subtitle">As recession drags on, officials differ over paying to assist more needy</div><div><p> Lost in the debate over county social service cuts is a question some officials say could affect local governmentÕs financial health for years: Would increasing spending on homeless and other social services during the recession commit Clark County to setting aside a greater share ...

When Deceased are Clark County's Poor

2010-02-26T03:46:56Z

<div id="subtitle">Unmarked crypts, grave sites in valley hold their remains</div><div><p> The number of Clark County residents who died too poor to pay for their own burials or cremations jumped by 22Êpercent in the past fiscal year unprecedented growth that county officials say is yet another sign of the economic times.</p><p>Clark Carson City weeks ago, but a key debate from the 2009 Legislature continues.</p><p>The county says over the next two years it will lose $180 million because of legislative action. As a result, it will have to cut county Social Service Department spending by $7 milli...

Taking a step backward

2010-02-26T11:07:41Z

<div id="subtitle">Homeless services that worked well are damaged by funding cutbacks</div><div><p> When the Fertitta Community Assistance Center opened in 2005, it was billed as a one-stop facility where homeless people and other poor people could go for bus passes, mental health counseling and other social services. The center on the

ÔOne stopÕ center soon to be down to just one agency

2010-02-26T12:01:54Z

<div id="subtitle">As need for help grows, countyÕs social service plans to withdraw</div><div><p> When the Fertitta Community Assistance Center opened four years ago, speeches at the ribbon-cutting hailed it as a pioneering, one-stop collection of agencies for helping the poor, a model to follow in the future.</p><p&...

Dangling shoes on fence tell story of economic woes

2010-02-26T17:22:33Z

<div><p>AURORA, Illinois (Reuters) - Dozens of shoes dangle from a wrought-iron fence surrounding a 19th century mansion for battered women and children, which plans to close its doors on July 1.</p><p>The flip-flops, tiny pink baby sneakers and crutches are token reminders of those once served by the

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Sacramento California News - March 10, 2009

2009-03-17T20:10:15Z

LEDE - Noah Hernandez, 3, lives with his grandparents Jess and Rita Modesto in Williams after his mother died in Sacramento last year. A social worker found Noah home with his mother's dead body

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