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Alliance to Co-Host Welcome Event for new CCDCFS Director
The Alliance of Child & Family Service Providers along with Case Western Reserve University's Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences will be hosting a Welcome Reception for DCFS Administrator, Pat Rideout, on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 from 4-6 p.m. The event will be held at the Mandel School of Applied Social ... Read More
Alliance to Present before County Council Subcommittee
Alliance President, Mike Haggerty, will make a 15 minute presentation to the Health, Human Services and Aging Committee of the Cuyahoga County Council on May 26. The meeting will be from 1-3 p.m. The presentation will be used to inform the committee on the Alliance in general and introduce membership ... Read More
CCDCFS Search for New Director
CCDCFS' search for a new director begins on Wednesday, May 3 with the first round of interviews. Sources say there are seven candidates who will be interviewed in the first round. The field will be narrowed to two or three. Rick Werner has told the providers that the goal is ... Read More
Executive Committee Elections
Election were held on November 2, 2010 for the Alliance Executive Committee. The members are:
Mike Haggerty (The Village Network) -- President
Micahel Rush (Options for Families and Youth) -- Vice President
Ed Sparks (National Youth Advocate Program) -- Treasurer
Chip Bonsutto (Alliance Human Services/Ohio Mentor) -- Member-at-large
Tonya Brooks-Thomas (Specialized Alternatives for Familes and Youth ... Read More
Op Ed – Collective Support for DCFS and Director Deborah Forkas
Op Ed Submitted to The Plain Dealer on June 22, 2010
On behalf of the Alliance of Child Caring Service Providers and the Family-to-Family Administrators Council, two associations that represent neighborhood and children’s services organizations throughout Cleveland and Cuyahoga County, we are deeply saddened by the recent tragedies involving children ... Read More
Child-abuse reports climb in Ohio; Advocates blame ’07 results on increasing economic strain
Thursday, April 2, 2009 3:25 AM
By Catherine Candisky
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Ohio's sinking economy might be causing a spike in reports of child abuse and neglect.
For the first time, new allegations of abuse and neglect topped 100,000, according to a statewide survey released yesterday.
The report by the Public Children Services Association ... Read More
Too Old for Foster Care, and Facing the Recession
By JULIE BOSMAN
Published: April 7, 2009
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Even in boom times, young people who become too old for the foster-care system often struggle to make it on their own, lacking families, job skills or adequate educations. Now, the recession has made the challenges of life after foster care even ... Read More
Research Links Poor Kids’ Stress, Brain Impairment
By Rob Stein
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, April 6, 2009; Page A06
Children raised in poverty suffer many ill effects: They often have health problems and tend to struggle in school, which can create a cycle of poverty across generations.
Now, research is providing what could be crucial clues to ... Read More
Alliance Statement on Incident at Parmadale
The Alliance of Child Caring Service Providers is an association that represents providers who provide a variety of child welfare and children's mental health services in Cuyahoga County, including secure settings for children and youth. These providers are licensed and accredited and adhere to clear policies and procedures in regards ... Read More
Study Finds 1 in 5 Young Americans Have Personality Disorder
According to a study funded with grants from the National Institutes of Health, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and the New York Psychiatric Institute, almost one in five young American adults has a personality disorder that interferes with everyday life. Personality disorders include obsessive, compulsive, anti-social, and paranoid behaviors ... Read More
Cash-Strapped States Cut Juvenile Justice Programs
Cash-strapped states cut juvenile justice programs
By JIM DAVENPORT - December 26, 2008
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - State budget cuts are forcing some of the nation's youngest criminals out of counseling programs and group homes and into juvenile prisons in what critics contend is a shortsighted move that will eventually lead to ... Read More
Pediatricians Don’t Routinely Ask About Mental Health
A recent Blog article on the U.S. News and World Report website focused on pediatricians and their inquiry into the mental health needs of their patients. See the exerpt below:
Pediatricians Don't Routinely Ask About Mental Health
December 15, 2008 03:48 PM ET | Nancy Shute |
Don't count on your child's ... Read More
Next Cultural Battleground: Gay Adoption
Sunday, December 7, 2008 3:43 AM
By Bonnie Miller Rubin, Chicago Tribune
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Anne Shelley and Dr. Robin Ross are unwinding after a jam-packed day of ferrying 4-year-old daughter Eva Mae from preschool to ice-skating lessons to speech therapy.
"It's pretty much your mundane American family," said Shelley, 46, over a ... Read More
School-Based Program Can Change Kids’ Lives
A Seattle project was linked to better education, mental health 15 years later
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 3 HealthDay News, U.S. News and World Report -- Urban kids who took part in a social development program in elementary school had improved mental health, sexual health, and educational and economic success as young adults, a ... Read More
Kids In Crisis Spend Days In ERs; Psychiatric Patients ‘Boarded’ While They Wait For Bed
Children in crisis who need psychiatric care can end up living in emergency rooms for days before getting it, according to an investigation by WCVB-TV in Boston.
Deb Tilly's son, Ryan, spent 11 days in a Massachusetts emergency room with a security guard outside his door. His mother said there was ... Read More
