We all share a belief in both the rights of families to raise their children without government intrusion, as well as a belief that all children deserve to be protected from abuse, neglect, and exploitation. Those are two fundamental beliefs that seem simple as separate concepts; the challenge is to balance these two equally important values within a mandated and highly regulated system. Child welfare is an incredibly complex system both in terms of the latticework of federal and state laws, rules and administrative codes that govern the scope and practice of social work, as well as the complexity of the issues central to the
