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2021 Annual (Virtual) Child Welfare Law Update

2021 Annual (Virtual) Child Welfare Law Update

On August 27, 2021, the 2021 Annual Child Welfare Law Update will take place virtually. Here is the Program: 8:30 a.m. WELCOME Honorable Matthew Viola, Family Court of the First Circuit Daisy Hartsfield, Social Services Division Administrator, Department of Human...
2020 Annual (Virtual) Child Welfare Law Update

2020 Annual (Virtual) Child Welfare Law Update

On September 4, 2020, the Annual Child Welfare Law Update conference was held virtually. Topics included the following: Child Welfare Statutory Changes and Appellate Decisions Judiciary and Executive Branch: Child Welfare Initiatives, Accomplishments, and Plans for...

Choose Respect

Yesterday, two Democratic legislators and a former child protection worker called on Governor Parnell to enact recommendations in a child protection report his administration commissioned to identify ways to improve the Office of Children’s Services (OCS)....

Doctors Argue Against Use of Term “Meth Babies”

Meth Science Not Stigma: Open Letter to the Media 7/25/2005 Contact: David C. Lewis, M.D. Professor of Community Health and Medicine Donald G. Millar Distinguished Professor of Alcohol & Addiction Studies Brown University Phone: 401-444-1818...

Interview Process for Sexually Abused Children

Many of the children who are in foster care because of having been sexually abused come to one of the Children’s Justice Centers to be interviewed. These centers, part of the state Judiciary, are located in Honolulu, Hilo, Kona, Lihue and Wailuku. When a report of...

Methamphetamine-Induced Dual Diagnostic Issues

This PowerPoint was used on Maui in a presentation by Dr. Pablo Stewart, who gave permission for it to be shared with whoever is interested.  The focus is on methamphetamine-induced dual diagnostic issues for the child welfare professional. Download:...