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Greg Rose

4/8/2019

State: California Will Lose $320 Million in Child Welfare Funding if Waiver Ends

Jeremy Loudenback

According to California child welfare officials, the state’s foster care system will take a big hit if federal Title IV-E waivers are allowed to expire at the end of September. “Our counties are likely to see a decrease of federal funds in the neighborhood of $320-some odd million at the conclusion of the waiver,” said Greg Rose, deputy director of the Children and Family Services Division of the California Department of Social Services (DSS), in a state budget hearing last week.

4/6/2017

Managing the Flow: Predictive Analytics in Child Welfare

Daniel Heimpel

At the intersection of two major Los Angeles freeways sits the county’s child abuse nerve center. Scores of workers are scattered at partitioned desks on the incredibly large fifth floor of this tall, drab building.

8/29/2016

Child Welfare Advocate Angie Schwartz Leads in Opposition to Family First Act

Daniel Heimpel

Last week, several prominent California child welfare experts expressed grave concerns about the Family First Prevention Services Act, ­pending federal legislation that would dramatically change how foster care is paid for.

11/13/2013

The Spear Tip of Child Maltreatment Prevention

Daniel Heimpel

Any serious attempt to reduce child maltreatment, and its devastating effects on countless children who may or may not interface with child protective systems, requires a clear point of entry. On Nov.

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