Domestic Violence Foster Care Government 
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
DECEMBER 18, 2023
Among the worst things they do is tear children from the arms of parents – usually mothers – whose only crime is to, themselves, have survived domestic violence. In New York, county governments (and New York City) run family policing. It’s the New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS).
Child Welfare Monitor
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
Sometime in the early years of the current century, a group of powerful advocates who thought that too many children were being placed in foster care came up with a proposal for change that they called “child welfare finance reform.” … So under Family First, we created new federal funding for those services.
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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
And, by the way, because foster care is so expensive and because, in many cases, the federal government will pay half the cost, this approach also saves money. The right policy concerning tearing children from battered mothers because the children “witnessed domestic violence” can be boiled down to a single word: Don’t.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
JULY 23, 2023
This is the model that’s proven so successful in New York City – where a comprehensive evaluation found that it reduced time in foster care with no compromise of safety. Cara, who asked to keep her last name private, said she had already been in touch with a domestic violence organization about her ex.
CO4Kids
DECEMBER 6, 2024
Theyre like treasure troves of successful ideas created by government agencies and research institutions to help you make informed decisions. How Clearinghouses Help You Succeed Clearinghouses let communities and government agencies explore what has been tested and proven to work. What Are Evidence-Based Clearinghouses?
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
The premise is that because of the “shortage,” children can’t see their parents while in foster care, and families don’t get the guidance they need to jump through all the hoops they must surmount to prove themselves worthy of getting their children back. It’s not like the state can’t afford to step in and provide this money.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
JANUARY 2, 2023
People were asked things like whether, as a child, they had witnessed domestic violence, whether they felt no one in their family made them feel important or special or whether they “didn’t have enough to eat, had to wear dirty clothes, and had no one to protect you.” ACEs have become quite the fad. Here’s the difference.
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