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ACF's direct predecessor, the Family Support Administration, was created in 1986 by bringing together six existing major programs within HHS. [5] ACF was created in its present form on April 15, 1991, by merging the Office of Human Development Services, the Family Support Administration, and the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program.
Banita Jacks is a Washington, D.C., resident convicted of murdering her four daughters, who ranged in age from 5 to 17 years old. [1] On July 29, 2009, Jacks was convicted of the felony murder of all four girls, as well as child cruelty towards all four girls and first-degree murder of the younger three girls.
The Child Welfare Information Gateway is the congressionally mandated and funded information service of the United States Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, United States Department of Health and Human Services. [1] It was established in 2006 to replace the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information ...
The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) is a 501 (c) (3) charitable organization that coordinates efforts for child welfare in the United States, [1] and provides direct support to agencies that serve children and families. [2] The organization's vision is "that every child will grow up in a safe, loving, and stable family," [1] and its ...
Children's Bureau is an administration that supports NCCAN by providing money to fund research, as well as programs or systems that track and record the data on child abuse hoping to cause further prevention. [2] The Children's Bureau headquarters is located in Washington, DC and has been running since 1912. [3]
Wells began his Washington, D.C., career in 1985 as a social worker in the District's child protective services agency. After six years with the agency, Wells became the director of the D.C. Consortium for Child Welfare, an organization of 20 nonprofit agencies that serve the city's children and families, until his election to the Council of ...
Children's National Hospital (formerly Children's National Health System, [1] DC Children's Hospital, Children's National Medical Center) is a nationally ranked, freestanding, 323-bed, pediatric acute care children's hospital located in Washington D.C. It is affiliated with the George Washington University School of Medicine and the Howard ...
Children's Guild. Coordinates: 39°22′11″N 76°34′10″W. The Children's Guild is a leading Mid-Atlantic nonprofit organization serving children, families, and child serving organizations dedicated to transforming the way children are cared for and educated across Maryland and Washington, DC, through education, career services, and ...