Petition going around all branches, asking for implementation of the proposals submitted to management in February.
State-wide
Labor-Management Committee next meeting on May 15, then June 19.
Let an officer know of any issues you want discussed there.
Take advantage of
free Steward &
Leadership training through LERC & OPEU.
OPEU web-page with links
to other labor sites. A bit difficult to use because of the many "frames", and the huge logo taking up about a third of your screen space. I can't figure out how to delete that space-hog logo frame, but things are easier to see if you "right click" and open the main page and every other page you want in a new window.
Local 509, covering Massachusetts Child Welfare Workers, has a web-page and their contract on-line, with Supplement Q covering caseload standards, among other topics.
LaborNet's Directory of Union Organizations on the Internet
Go to the website for Department of (some) Human Services Web Page or State Office for Services to Children and Families(SCF)
Look up Oregon state employees e-mail or phone # at State of Oregon Employee Directory. For some agencies, you can get a list of ALL employees [but not for DHR Divisions, as of 29 Jan 99] If you use only the office phone number, you can get a list of all employees with that number.
Go anywhere in Oregon at Oregon On-Linefor links to the legislature, governor, ORS, Administrative rules, and text of legislative bills.
The 1981 NASW Standards for Social Work Practice in Child Protection are still valid, if terribly dated ["caseload of 20-25 families in CPS"].
For links on Child Abuse and Neglect, please visit The Child Abuse Prevention Network at Cornell University. Their Bookmarks page includes a link to the (somewhat complex) index of the Wounded Healer. Both of these sites are updated regularly.
Read the April 1995 Report of the U.S. Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect, at A Nation's Shame: Fatal Child Abuse and Neglect in the United States Sorry, but Virtual Hospital is in disarray, and the file may be in Taiwan! 20 Nov 99-mjr
National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse & Neglect at NCCAN Home Page
Current Trends in Child Abuse Reporting and Fatalities are shown at the National Commitee to Prevent Child Abuse.Sorry, but Virtual Hospital is in disarray, and the file may be in Taiwan! 20 Nov 99-mjr
Slate magazine has an article about Donna SHALALA'S release of "staggering statistics"; read Child Abuse: Threat or menace? by Douglas Besharov
A view of the organized "right" is presented in the article, Child Protective Services Under Scrutiny, by Jacqueline Hassly, in the NCFR Report, December 1995, Page 5
created 23 July 1996; updated 8 May 2001