Every nine seconds a child drops out of school. Every ten seconds a child will be abused or neglected. Every thirty-six seconds a child is born into poverty. Every minute a baby is born to a teen mother. Every thirty-two seconds a child sees his or her parents divorce. Every three minutes a baby is born to a mother who received no prenatal care. Every eighteen minutes a baby dies. Every twenty-three minutes a child is wounded by gunfire. Every 100 minutes a child is killed by firearms (Crosson-Tower, 2001). These are all harsh realities that the children of the world face everyday. Children are the future of this country; and it is the child welfare system’s goal to intervene so that all children will have a better future.

There are many aspects and roles of the child welfare system that social workers must use to reach this goal. Areas in the child welfare system are foster care services, adoption, prevention of a

2. Basic, concrete help. Sometimes it may take something as simple as emergency cash for a security deposit, a rent subsidy, or a place in a day care center (to avoid a "lack of supervision" charge) to keep a family together. Indeed, the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development has a special program, called the Family Unification Program, in which Section 8 vouchers are reserved for families where housing is the issue, keeping a family apart or threatening its breakup. Localities must apply for these subsidies. By doing so, they effectively acknowledge what they typically deny: that they do, in fact, tear apart families due to lack of housing.

Before all these systems are used, a social worker sets a goal and uses these strategies to help them achieve that goal with their clients. They set long and short-term goals that are realistic and achievable. Frequent re-evaluation of the goals is also important to make

3. Intensive Family Preservation Services programs. The first such program, Homebuilders, in Washington State, was established in the mid-1970s. The very term "family preservation" was invented specifically to apply to this type of

organizations as well. For example, funding for National Advocacy Activities of The National Coalition for Child Protection Reform is provided by grants from the Casey Family Foundation and the Open Society Institute, as a part of the Soros Foundation Network. Funding for child welfare services is an issue, though, and is still a major concern. Some argue that services to children should be cut substantially, while others say that it is the “personal touch” that is lacking in today’s agency efforts. Still, the fact remains that children are our most important resource; and adults must strive to help them develop safely and healthfully (Crosson-Tower, 2001).

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