NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

APRIL 22, 2025

Kansas has its own special, ugly little version of hidden foster care. I have a blog post on How the Kansas child welfare agency makes hundreds of foster children disappear. Indiana has a law limiting the number of cases family police are supposed to carry at least it has one for now. WRTV Indianapolis reports on efforts by some lawmakers to sneak repeal of those limits into the state budget including NCCPRs perspective on how it all traces back to Indianas obscene rate of tearing apart fami

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Beyond Advocacy

APRIL 22, 2025

Former Congresswoman Barbara Lee continues to emulate the legacy of her mentor, the late Ron Dellums, as she won the election to complete the term of ousted Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, who voters recalled in November. Dellums served as Oaklands mayor from January 2007 until January 2011, after serving 13 terms in the U.S.

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Community Care

APRIL 22, 2025

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Employers have made a “full and final” pay offer to council staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in 2025-26. The proposed 3.2% pay rise would put “additional pressure…on hard-pressed council finances”, but was “fair to employees”, according to the national employers for local government services, which negotiates terms and conditions on beha

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