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A multimillion-dollar IT platform vital to safeguarding children at risk of abuse has lurched into the danger zone and had to be reset. Oranga Tamariki is trying to overhaul technology so old its frontline social workers and analysts cannot get the information they need.
Minister of Social Solidarity Nevine El-Qabbaj announced that the Arab Fund for Social Work has opened special bank accounts for the public to donate for aid and relief to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
This is about more than a self-help switch – we need structural changes that reject capitalism’s productivity obsession
Without an initial understanding of their family unit — it’s hard to comprehend the complicated nature of child welfare cases.
Republicans in the Arizona Legislature have voted to pass two bills that would make it more difficult for Arizonans to receive or keep government benefits to help them buy food. The bills passed through both the House of Representatives and Senate on a party-line vote but are likely to get a veto from Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, MSW
The opaque shipping company that owns the ship that crashed into the bridge, Grace Ocean Private Limited, filed an action in federal court using the Limitation of Liability Act, an antiquated law from 1851, to argue that the damages it owes for the crash should be capped at $43 million — the remaining value of the ship and its cargo. This is despite the fact that by some estimates, it may cost hundreds of millions of dollars to rebuild the bridge. Justice in America?
A 1968 underground explosion that killed 78 coal miners in Farmington, West Virginia (above), was a flashpoint for reform after years of fatalities and a growing awareness of black lung disease.
“Given the similar survival rates, the choice of treatment for patients may be influenced by the adverse effects of the treatments,” says Dr. Bashir Al Hussein Al Awamlh, of Vanderbilt University, who helped lead the study.