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Child Maltreatment 2023: A reduction in child maltreatment victims or a retrenchment of child protection?

Child Welfare Monitor

Some states explicitly reported that their screening changes were adopted in order to decrease the number of screened in referrals. Kentucky reported adopting a new SDM screening tool designed to decrease the number of referrals that are “incorrectly accepted for investigation.”

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Stories of Life-Changing Connections: Mental Health Support, Family Reunification, Foster Care and Adoption

KVC

We celebrate the inspiring ways children and adults have healed from serious challenges like strained family relationships, mental health needs, addiction, loneliness and hopelessness. Our nationwide team and supporters are grateful to have been a part of these stories. We received many entries to our 2022 Story Contest.

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NCCPR family preservation news and commentary round-up for the year 2024, part two

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Baird answered that babies have never possessed a cultural identity, and therefore are not losing anything, at their age, by being adopted. So they give these personal effects to the family police agency to pass on to the children. He was institutionalized. He ran away, and he died. Unfortunately, you can guess what happened next.

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NCCPR family preservation news and commentary round-up for the year 2023, Part Two

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Or will they uphold their commitments to child safety through family preservation? -- Based on her extensive research Prof. Fong writes in The Imprint about why the so-called Adoption and Safe Families Act is “A Dangerous Tool in An Arbitrary System.” --And in this essay, she takes on the harm of mandatory reporting laws.

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In “child welfare” the horror stories go in all directions – all year long (2024 Edition)

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

In 2019, the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services touted the brand-new Aunt Marthas Integrated Care Center as a national model. MLive reports that The CEO of Wolverine Human Services says her agency is taking seriously a lawsuit alleging staff at a now-closed facility routinely sexually abused its minor wards.