Archive for June 2024

Cross-national comparison in social work research is challenging, but this study tries to bridge the gaps.

To reduce the use of group homes, and combined with budget constraints, the Arizona Department of Child Safety has denied pay increases to home operators and cut loose 16 providers during the contract renewal process. Yet even as the state cuts back, one group home provider with close ties to Gov. Katie Hobbs has benefited beyond all others. Above: Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs

The profession has four pillars, Strand said: grief and bereavement counseling for pet owners; facilitating intentional well-being for vet staff experiencing compassion fatigue and conflicts with clients; being vigilant for the link between human-animal violence; and providing animal-assisted interventions where appropriate.

The consumer advocacy group Public Citizen on Wednesday called on the U.S. Justice Department, Federal Trade Commission, and Department of Health and Human Services to do more to crack down on corporate profiteering that is further degrading the nation’s healthcare system and driving up costs for patients.

The 1990s were the heyday of the Social Security “crisis.” The problem wasn’t that Social Security actually was in crisis. The problem was that all the pundits, very much including the news and editorial pages of the Washington Post, insisted that Social Security was in crisis.

Professor Ray Jones, holding the Northern Ireland review of children’s social care services report, with Josephine Dowell, who has been through the care system and was a member of the Expects By Experience Reference Group who contributed to the review.

I spent several months with about a dozen former prisoners, filming this week’s Four Corners about a halfway house in Sydney.