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COVID-19

A New Era of Community-Based Social Work – Lessons Learned from Impossible Odds

Guest Blog Post Ian Forber-Pratt, grantee coach for CAFO's Rapid Return Grant Project. A little-known consequence of the pandemic has been government-mandated "rapid return” of children. Children in many residential...
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The Sobering Data on COVID-19’s Impact on Vulnerable Children Worldwide

This month's edition of LIGHT magazine carries an array of articles on human dignity, including an article I wrote, "Children of COVID-19."  It highlights the measurable impacts of the pandemic upon vulnerable children in...
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New Study Estimates Number of Children Orphaned by COVID-19 in U.S.

The term “orphan” is rarely used in relation to children in the US today.  But last week, the journal Pediatrics released a pre-publication paper estimating the number of children orphaned by...
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COVID’s Impact on Children: More than One Million Orphaned

Several new reports highlight what those laboring in the field of child welfare have experienced since the beginning of the pandemic:  although COVID-19 has a very limited direct impact upon...
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How Has COVID-19 Impacted the Most Vulnerable Children in America?

Since early in the COVID-19 pandemic, child advocates have warned that the isolation, economic impact, and other consequences of lockdowns could hit vulnerable children especially hard. Studies on what has...
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One last unexpected for 2020… And a look ahead to 2021

 Unexpecteds defined 2020, from masks to toilet paper runs, canceled church to at-home school. Many of these unexpecteds carried loss, some of it beyond words. And yet, as always is...
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