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Child Protective Services in the District of Columbia: An alarming increase in incomplete investigations in FY2024

Child Welfare Monitor

by Marie Cohen This post was originally published on Child Welfare Monitor DC on December 9, 2024. Because I rarely post on that site, I am letting it expire and will include future DC-focused posts on Child Welfare Monitor.

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A child welfare case leads to a stunning dissent from Michigan’s Chief Justice

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

More than just a dissent in an individual case, this opinion is a call to transform “child welfare” in Michigan – and everywhere else. is a brilliant dissection of the failings of both law and practice in “child welfare” in Michigan and pretty much everywhere else in America.

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A New York State “child welfare” agency can curb one family policing horror with the stroke of a pen. Do they have the guts?

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

The number of ways family policing agencies (a more accurate term than “child welfare” agencies) can hurt the children they are mandated to protect is limited only by their imagination – and, unfortunately, this is the one area where they show any imagination at all. Therapists are, of course, mandated reporters of “child abuse.”

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When “child welfare” oppressors demand that the oppressed be nice to them, it’s just one more form of oppression

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Attention child welfare garden partiers: The skunks have arrived Every year, the Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse holds a four-day virtual extravaganza featuring more than 100 panels and speakers from around the world. They pore over reports from therapists. I’ve given several presentations.

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In West Virginia, the bad bills keep on coming

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

According to West Virginia Watch , Jonathan Pinson, a member of the state House of Delegates who also is a foster parent, declared: I cannot fathom losing my child to a hotel room. The West Virginia family police agency, which already runs emergency shelters warehousing 156 children, opposes adding another.

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Trauma-informed Care Creates a Path Forward

Shelter, Inc

This is especially true for children who have faced extreme circumstances such as abuse, neglect, or loss, often as part of child welfare systems. Sylvie Colon, a Clinical Therapist at Shelter, works with young people who have faced extremely difficult situations. “I Feeling safe is the foundation of trauma recovery.

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Rebuilding trust and hope through Ironpaws

Center for Child Protection

Africa Ibarra, Lead Experiential Therapist, said the event provides caregivers and children the opportunity to build community and strengthen communication skills, teamwork and confidence. “At Ironpaws, we have caseworkers, non-direct staff, and the Child Protection Team participating alongside our kids.”