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Maine’s child welfare ombudsman is dangerously wrong

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

She is wrong about domestic violence, she is wrong about truancy, she is wrong about “alternative response,” she is wrong about false reports and she is wrong to call for more institutionalization of children. Landry runs the Office of Child and Family Services within Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services.

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Child Welfare FAQs Regarding Family Detention or Deportation

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If a child has been or is being removed from your home under the Colorado Revised Statute 19-3-401 or 19-3-405(2)(a), OR a court entered an emergency protective order regarding your child(ren) pursuant to Colorado Revised Statute 19-3-405(2)(b), see the notice of rights and remedies or families may contact the Office of Respondent Parents Counsel.

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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. But the Administration for Childrens Services considers itself free to harass domestic violence victims and their children by putting them under constant surveillance.

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Child Welfare Update: February 2024

Child Welfare Monitor

At almost three years old, and after two straight years in foster care with the same family that fostered her from the start and wanted to adopt her, Harmony was returned to her mother for the second time. Harmony was returned to her mother at seven months, and removed again at ten months. New Mexico: $5.5

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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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NCCPR news and commentary round-up, week ending February 11, 2025

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

More than 20 years ago, a lawsuit stopped New York Citys family police agency from tearing children from their parents just because the parent, usually the mother, was herself a survivor of domestic violence. Other adopted foster children allegedly were tortured. Culprits include U.S.