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Posts By: Alix M
Stop Saving Children, Start Demanding Family Involvement in Child Welfare
By Monica Faulkner, Ph.D. I have lost track of the number of times people have asked why the child welfare system is broken. My response stays the same: we never… Read more »
Bringing Lived Experience to Child Welfare
By Tymothy Belseth, MA In April, I had an opportunity to speak with Leroy Berrones Soto, Jr., a youth impact project manager at the Texas Alliance of Child and Family… Read more »
Moving Away from Mandated Reporting of Child Abuse: Q&A With Catherine LaBrenz
By Alix Mammina Each year, CPS receives millions of referrals alleging child maltreatment—but the vast majority are found to be non-victims. These numbers often reflect the disparities found throughout the… Read more »
How the Child Welfare System Keeps Families Apart
Interview with Cynthia Simons by Montinique Monroe In this video interview, hear from advocate Cynthia Simons on her experience as a mother of children taken by the child welfare system…. Read more »
Notes from the Epicenter of Texas Child Welfare
By Jesse Booher, Senior VP and Chief Operating Officer at DePelchin Children’s Center People with passing knowledge of our sector often ask Texas child welfare leaders, “What will it take… Read more »
Paths to Progress in Child Welfare
Welcome to the new version of our Connecting the Dots newsletter! Moving forward, we’re combining this newsletter with our annual Clinician’s Corner digest. We’re hoping to bring you a quarterly… Read more »
Girasol Texas Receives Texas Bar Foundation Grant to Support Immigration Lawyers
Girasol Texas Receives Texas Bar Foundation Grant to Support Immigration Lawyers AUSTIN, Texas— A program at the Steve Hicks School of Social Work’s Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing… Read more »
Backes, B., Wasim, A., Stephenson, M. & Wood, L. (2022). “See what we see”: Law enforcement perceptions on using cameras for evidence collection in domestic violence cases. Victims & Offenders. https://doi.org/10.1080/15564886.2022.2094517
As law enforcement agencies increasingly equip officers with cameras to capture evidence, there is growing interest to explore how police video evidence in domestic violence cases impacts domestic violence investigation… Read more »
Welcome to Samantha B. MacCallon, our new Neurosequential Model Community Coordinator!
We recently caught up with Samantha B. MacCallon, LPC-S, one of our newest TXICFW team members, to learn more about her! Samantha is the new Neurosequential Model (NM) Community Coordinator… Read more »