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Child Welfare Services Annotated Bibliography

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Child Welfare Services attempts to contribute to a lovelier quality of life for children. According to acf.hhs.gov, “While the national child victim rate decreased from 9.3 child victims per 1,000 children in the population in 2009 to 9.2 in 2011, there was no change between 2011 and 2012” (“Child Welfare Outcomes”, n.d.). So even though the victim rate didn’t steadily decrease, it didn’t increase either. Child Welfare Services uses a residual perspective. With the residual perspective, the social worker, would have to react to the situation, after the fact, instead of already having an outline in place. According to ehow.com, “Since residual social work is reactive, it only acts when the problem is obvious and already needs immediate attention” (Andrews, 2015). Usually, social workers can’t stop abuse (or …show more content…

Retrieved October 20, 2015, from http://www.cwla.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/CWLA-Summary-of-Presidents-FY-2016-Childrens-Child-Welfare-Budget1.pdf
Andrews, N. (2015). Differences between Residual & Institutional in Social Work. Retrieved October 18, 2015, from http://www.ehow.com/info_8780415_differences-residual-institutional-social-work.html
Candisky, C. (2015, June 11). Ohio Senate 's budget plan may leave kids vulnerable, advocates say. Retrieved October 18, 2015, from http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/06/11/ohio-senates-budget-plan-may-leave-kids-vulnerable.html
Child Abuse and Neglect Statistics. (2013). Retrieved October 18, 2015, from http://www.americanhumane.org/children/stop-child-abuse/fact-sheets/child-abuse-and-neglect-statistics.html
Child Protective Services. (2015). Retrieved October 18, 2015, from http://www.dhr.state.md.us/blog/?page_id=3957
Child Welfare Outcomes 2009-2012. (n.d.). Retrieved October 20, 2015, from http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/cb/cwo09_1.pdf
Child Welfare Services/Case Management System. (2007). Retrieved October 20, 2015, from

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