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Unwrapping the LR 37 Report

December 19, 2011 adminvoicesmain More from Voices, Safety

Just in time for the holidays, the Health and Human Services Committee delivered over 400 pages of research, reports, and recommendations relating to child welfare to stakeholders and advocates on December 15th. We’ve spent the past few days at Voices for Children in Nebraska digging into the report and seeing…...

The Evolution of Child Welfare

December 15, 2011 adminvoicesmain Safety

As part of our research into child welfare reform in Nebraska, we felt it would be helpful to put the current action in historically context. As a result, Voices for Children has compiled a timeline of the Evolution of Child Welfare – both in Nebraska and Nationally. The timeline…...

The Other Side of the Tracks: Nebraska Kids in Out-of-Home Care

November 29, 2011 adminvoicesmain Infographics, Safety

Take a moment and step into the shoes of a child placed in out-of-home care. Imagine being taken away from your parents, friends, and home and placed into an unfamiliar situation, most likely surrounded by strangers. Every year since 1988, Nebraska has had over 8,000 children in out-of-home care at…...

Fostering Connections: A Work in Progress

November 28, 2011 adminvoicesmain More from Voices, Safety

With the Nebraska Legislature due to come back into session in only a few short weeks, I thought I’d take this opportunity to reflect on one of its big child welfare successes last year – and the work that’s left to be done. In Nebraska, about 70% of state wards…...

Keeping Kids Safe

November 8, 2011 adminvoicesmain Safety

Here’s the thing about child safety – it’s mostly about adults. When I first began working on child welfare policy, that sentence struck me as a bit odd. I was working for a child advocacy organization – why should I care about adults? It all boils down to a…...

Child Well-Being and the Child Welfare System

November 1, 2011 adminvoicesmain Safety

A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to head to Washington, DC for the Child Welfare Institute hosted by Voices for America’s Children. The packed day-and-a-half agenda was a chance for state advocates to learn about best practices, get federal updates, and compare notes. In addition to the…...

Racial Disparities in Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice

October 24, 2011 adminvoicesmain Safety

You probably already know this, but we here at Voices for Children in Nebraska are passionate about justice and fairness for all of Nebraska’s kids. This passion drives us to examine troubling trends in the hopes that solutions can be found for even the most complicated and longstanding of challenges…...

Nebraska’s Child Welfare Pyramid

October 18, 2011 adminvoicesmain Safety

When most people think of pyramids, they probably think of Ancient Egypt. Maybe a few think of geometry class or the way we learned about nutrition in grade school. The first association that jumps into my mind is … Nebraska’s child welfare system. I’m not sure who in Nebraska…...

Unwrapping the LR 37 Report

The Evolution of Child Welfare

The Other Side of the Tracks: Nebraska Kids in Out-of-Home Care

Fostering Connections: A Work in Progress

Keeping Kids Safe

Child Well-Being and the Child Welfare System

Racial Disparities in Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice

Nebraska’s Child Welfare Pyramid

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