Administration for Children and Families

education meant for individuals and their families, who are suffering from a mental health condition or disorder to help them empower themselves and deal with their condition in the most efficient and optimal way possible. There are various ways to deliver psychoeducation to the people involved. It can be delivered through single psychoeducation (the discussion is done one-to-one with the person affected), family-focused psychoeducation (all the family members of the patient are included) or…

The social welfare policy the aid to dependent children is a policy that is relevant to the social work field. This was a federal assistance program and it was in effect from 1935 to 1996. The program was created by the Social Security Act and administered by the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The aid to dependent children policy provided financial assistance to children whose families had low or no income. This is relevant to social work practice because the social work…

insurance, aid for dependent mothers and children, the blind, and the physically handicapped. Before the 1930s, elderly support was taken care of by local, state, and family. The Great Depression brought support for a national old-age insurance system. This act created an American solution to the problem of old-age pensions. This social security was supported from the taxes on individuals' wages and employers' payrolls. The act also provided funds to assist children, the blind, and the…

Sci-Fi channel between March 9 and April 13, 2016. Think about it, everyday men, women, and teenagers are surfing the web, making online purchases, and posting about people, products, and places. Parents post pictures of their family and videos of happy and hilarious family antics, while others post daily and some hourly events taking place in their life. Now do a 180 degree turn and think of the pedophiles downloading and viewing these photos and precious moments in these family’s life.…

verbally/physically but through methods of disproportionate distribution of resources and power as well as de facto segregation. For instance, many suburban communities were “redlined” due to reports from the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) stating that colored families within a community would lower the rating of the housing community. The residents of 8 Mile Road in Detroit even went…

times if the mother is separated from her child. "Study showed that women who return to work sooner than six months after childbirth have an increased risk of postpartum depressive symptoms," says Dagher, an assistant professor of health services administration at the School of Public Health. In the…

is much harder to prove emotional abuse. Every year there are thousands of children who suffer from abuse and neglect. According to the Administration on Children, Youth and Families, in 2013 there were 679,000 victims of child abuse and neglect reported to CPS agencies in the United States. When one hears the word abuse and neglect they often default to thinking of only physical aspects of abuse, thousands of children suffer from emotional and psychological maltreatment by the hands of those…

success with their reforms, and because America is such a powerhouse, it is expected that it be at the top of the list with social reforms. Actually, the United States is going in what some experts say is the wrong direction; “While the Obama administration presses forward to combat ‘income inequality’ by expanding the American welfare state, the European nations and other industrialized welfare states are moving in the other direction” (Tanner). Other European countries are compacting their…

to the Indian Territory day schools are set up to teach the children of the tribe the “right way” of living. This approach proves unsuccessful due to the children’s exposure to their parent’s and their tribe’s traditions at home. This lead to the removal of the children from the influence of their home lives and new homelands. The next solution is found in the treatment of prisoners of war. This application of policy is where the children lose who they are. Long hair is forbidden, clothes…

dark - studying or helping with the necesary household duties (or even making sure your family gets to eat), families will choose the latter. That aside, sometimes there simply is not enough time to complete homework or sufficiently study in the hours of daylight left after school (I cannot count the night that I stayed up late into the night to finish homework or study for a test while I was in school). If a family is lucky enough to be able to afford kerosene for a lantern, children’s eyes are…