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.

Child Welfare 130

Child Welfare Medicaid Foster Care Welfare 130

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2023

According to a Boston Globe investigation : … in the vast majority of states, the deaths of babies from Medicaid families are more likely to be attributed to suspected accidental suffocation or listed as needing more investigation - and in some states, by sizable margins. They want to “decriminalize being in foster care.”

Domestic Violence 67

Domestic Violence Medicaid Foster Care Schools 67

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2024

There is searing testimony from victims of false reports, particularly from survivors of domestic violence. Now he wants the Justice Department to investigate these chains for allegedly defrauding Medicaid and violating the Americans with Disabilities Act. But you may want to start with the testimony of Melissa Friedman.

Domestic Violence 60

Domestic Violence Child Welfare Medicaid Welfare 60

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Fong asks in a commentary for the Hartford Courant if the head of the state’s family police agency will make sure there’s no foster-care panic. She writes: DCF has expressed a commitment to keeping families together, and has worked, impressively, to decrease foster care caseloads and refer families to community supports.

Child Welfare 96

Child Welfare Foster Care Welfare Adoption 96