Because so many older people have aged in a healthy way, they remain able bodied and are more than willing to lend their energy and experience to providing better and more effective services. This will create not only a vital resource for older people who are in need of protective services. It will also create an opportunity for aging people to become involved in the health and well-being of

Child Protective Services in Florida: Comparing and Contrasting with California and TexasIntroductionChild protective services are used to protect the welfare of children who may be at risk of abuse. Traditionally, child protective service agencies have relied on formal investigations to assess the safety of a child\\\'s living situation (Ferguson & Ferguson, 2011). However, this approach can sometimes be seen as adversarial or stressful for families (Loman, 2006). For this reason,

Policy Analysis Child Protective Service Include Abuse, Foster Care and Adoption Child physical abuse did not receive widespread attention in this country until a 1962 medical journal article discussed patterns of suspicious injuries in children. Within four years, all 50 states had passed laws requiring certain professionals to report cases of suspected child maltreatment. These laws were intended to protect children because they are a particularly vulnerable portion of the population.

Traditional Model vs. Community ModelIntroductionChild Protective Services (CPS) has long played an important role in the safeguarding of vulnerable children by providing intervention services in cases of abuse and neglect. Traditionally, this system has operated on a reactive model, where welfare workers respond to allegations most often after harm to the child has already occurred. Of course, this approach has undeniably saved countless children, but it is not without its

History of Child ProtectionFrom the PowerPoint presentation �History of Child Protection,� I learned that child protection in the US has been influenced by a number of different social values, such as independence, privacy, and the rights of parents. However, in the early days of the country, one has to wonder about where these values were because there certainly were a lack of many protections for children. But according to the