Archive for August 2024

The Scott County Family Justice Center brings together the district attorney’s office, emergency housing, a domestic violence officer and other resources so victims only have to make one stop to get help.

Social workers have witnessed an increase in the number of domestic violence victims who choose to undergo a risk assessment although continue to refuse the service. The Foundation for Social Welfare Services registered a 33% increase in victims who opted for a risk assessment between January and June when compared to the same period last year.

We do our movements no favours by presenting them as homogenous forms for the sake of convenient political narratives and expedient analysis. Leah Cowan’s book makes a critical intervention at a critical point in time for British feminism – challenging its tendency to erase, mask and overlook the tangled history of both resistance and complicity between feminists and the police.

On August 1 Mayor London Breed issued the “Journey Home” executive order, mandating that homeless people being swept off the streets be offered a bus ticket out of town before being proffered shelter or other services — or arrested.

The Youth Skills Building Program (YSBP) is designed to equip teens with essential life skills, practical knowledge, and emotional intelligence through a series of structured workshops and hands-on activities. Funded by the City of Philadelphia’s Department of Human Services (DHS), YSBP provides students with the opportunity to acquire new job skills in the areas of carpentry and home repair, as well as learn financial literacy and social-emotional learning.

RaeAnne Lindsay, MSW, was named Ms. Wheelchair USA and has been a strong advocate for inclusive playgrounds (those that allow people with disabilities to use) in Fisher Community Park and at Fisher Grade School…. Lindsay, who earned a bachelor’s degree in communication and a master’s degree in social work from the University of Illinois, works virtually for Vanderbilt University in charge of a research study for Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which protects qualified individuals from discrimination based on their disability.